1. (v.t.)recite to repeat the words of, as from memory, esp. in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
2. recite to repeat (a piece of poetry or prose) before an audience, as for entertainment.
3. recite to narrate; describe.
4. recite to enumerate; detail.
5. (v.i.)recite to recite a lesson for a teacher.
6. recite to recite or repeat something from memory.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L recitāre to read aloud =re-re - +citāre to summon, cite1)
Definition of 'recite'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)declaim, recite recite in elocution
2. (verb)recite repeat aloud from memory "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
3. (verb)recite, retell render verbally, "recite a poem" "retell a story"
4. (verb)tell, narrate, recount, recite narrate or give a detailed account of "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
5. (verb)enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise specify individually "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
Definition of 'recite'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)recite a recital
2. (verb)recite 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
3. (verb)recite to tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage
4. (verb)recite to rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
5. (verb)recite to state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5
6. (verb)recite to repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned
Definitions of recite 
Afrikaans: opsê
Arabic: يُلْقي، يُرَتِّل، يُنْشِد
Bulgarian: декламирам
Brazilian: recitar
Czech: recitovat
German: aufsagen
Danish: recitere; fremsige
Greek: απαγγέλλω, εξιστορώ
Spanish: recitar
Estonian: deklameerima
Farsi: از بر خواندن
Finnish: lausua
French: réciter
Hebrew: לְדַקלֵם
Hindi: व्याख्यान करना
Croatian: recitirati, pripovjedati
Hungarian: előad (verset stb.)
Indonesian: mengucapkan luar kepala
Icelandic: fara með, flytja
Italian: recitare
Japanese: 朗唱する
Korean: 낭송하다
Lithuanian: deklamuoti, išvardyti
Latvian: deklamēt; runāt no galvas
Malay: mendeklamasikan
Dutch: reciteren
Norwegian: deklamere, si fram
Polish: recytować
Persian: از بر خواندن
Pashto: له يادو تكرارول، له يادو 
Portuguese: recitar
Romanian: a recita
Russian: декламировать
Slovak: recitovať
Slovenian: recitirati
Serbian: recitovati
Swedish: recitera, läsa upp, dekla
Thai: ท่อง
Turkish: ezberden söylemek/okumak
Taiwanese: 背誦
Ukrainian: повторювати напам'ять; де
Urdu: لے سے پڑھنا
Vietnamese: kể lại
Chinese: 背诵
