Syn. — Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.
RECITATION
Rec`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See
Recite.]
1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.
2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
3. (Colleges and Schools)
Defn: The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
RECITATIVE
Rec`i*ta*tive", n. Etym: [It. recitativo, or F. récitatif. See
Recite.] (Mus.)
Defn: A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; — opposed to melisma.
RECITATIVE
Rec`i*ta*tive", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. — Rec`i*ta*tive"ly, adv.