RECITATIVO
Rec`i*ta*ti"vo, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Recitative.
RECITE
Re*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.]
Etym: [F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare
to call or name, to cite. See Cite.]
1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
4. (Law)
Defn: To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Syn. — To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
RECITE
Re*cite", v. i.