transitive. To recite or speak the words of (a prayer, a religious service, an office, etc.). Sometimes, esp. in later use, with the implication…

transitive. To learn by heart, to commit to memory, to go over in one's mind; (also) to repeat or say over as a lesson or portion of memorized text…

transitive. To recite, repeat, utter (words, esp. the Creed). Also intransitive with object implied. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

transitive. To recite or repeat (something previously learned). Obsolete.

transitive. To recite or rehearse (something previously learned or composed); to say formally in public; to relate, recount.

transitive. To read aloud or repeat from memory (a poem, passage, prayer, etc.), esp. before an audience. Also: to intone (a psalm, canticle, or the…

transitive. To repeat or recite from memory.

transitive. To besprinkle by spouting; figurative (a) to utter or recite with pompous elocution; (b) to recite to, to plague with oratory.

transferred. To say or recite formally or in definite order. Obsolete.

transitive. To recite, tell (a story, account, etc.); to mention. Also: to read out aloud, proclaim. Now regional.