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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | réciter, from Latin recitare, from citare; CITE |
1 [intransitive and transitive]AL to say a poem, piece of literature etc that you have learned, for people to listen to : 
She recited a poem that she had learnt at school.
She recited a poem that she had learnt at school.2 [transitive] to tell someone a series or list of things : Len recited the breakfast menu - cereal, bacon and eggs, and toast.
Len recited the breakfast menu - cereal, bacon and eggs, and toast. —reciter noun [countable]
