“recited” is a form of
recite
/ɹɪˈsaɪt/ verb
Forms recites reciting recited
- verb (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. “Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.”
- verb (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
- verb (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
Synonyms
declaim go through spout tabulate retell tell narrate recount enumerate itemize itemise
Etymology
From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.
Webster’s 1913
- verb 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.
- verb To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
- verb To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
- noun A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Etymology [F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See Cite.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “recite”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details