All 6 Uses of
recite
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- CYRANO (reciting, as if repeating a lesson):
Act 1 *reciting = saying aloud
- CYRANO (still reciting): And an envoi Of four lines... THE VISCOUNT: You... CYRANO: I'll make one while we fight; And touch you at the final line.†
Act 1
- RAGUENEAU (who has put himself ready for reciting, cleared his throat, settled his cap, struck an attitude): A recipe in verse!†
Act 2
- I see well enough, but I never will seem to look, fearing to distress them; thus I gain a double pleasure when I recite to them my poems; for I leave those poor fellows who have not breakfasted free to eat, even while I gratify my own dearest foible, see you?†
Act 2
- Listen,—here:—(Reciting): 'The more of my poor heart you take The larger grows my heart!'†
Act 3
- CYRANO (reciting, erect, amid a storm of bullets): The bold Cadets of Gascony, Of Carbon of Castel-Jaloux!†
Act 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(recite) to say or read something aloud -- especially something previously memorized such as a poem
or:
to say in detail -- especially a list of things -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The noun form, recitation, normally refers to the act of reciting or to what was recited; however, much more rarely, it can refer to a session in which a teaching assistant reviews and expands on a teacher's lecture.