She recited a poem. The pupil recited his lesson for the day.
source: WordNet 3.0
render verbally,
Recite a poem. Retell a story.
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narrate or give a detailed account of
Tell what happened. The father told a story to his child.
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specify individually
She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered. The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug.
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
source: Webster 1913
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
