transitive. To recite rapidly. Obsolete.

intransitive (a) To hear recitations or lessons; (b) to recite or make a speech, spec. to preach as a repeater (repeater, n. 2b). Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To read something aloud or repeat from memory; spec. (chiefly U.S., now historical) to be orally examined on, or answer questions on a…