Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recite \Re*cite"\, v. i.
   To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience,
   something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a
   lesson learned.

Recite \Re*cite"\, n.
   A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.

Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Reciting}.] [F. r['e]citer, 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) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5.

   Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;
        recapitulate; detail; number; count.

Source : WordNet®

recite
     v 1: recite in elocution [syn: {declaim}]
     2: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil
        recited his lesson for the day"
     3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: {retell}]
     4: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened";
        "The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell}, {narrate},
         {recount}]
     5: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she
        had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible
        side effects of the drug" [syn: {enumerate}, {itemize}, {itemise}]