4. (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; --
distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or
violin recital.
5. (Law) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact
in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the
transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading
introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.
Syn. -- Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description;
explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.
Rec`i*ta"tion (rs`*t"shn), n. [L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See
Recite.] 1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or
sentences. Hammond.
2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory,
especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so
delivered.
3. (Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before
their instructor.
Rec`i*ta*tive" (rs`*t*tv"), n. [It. recitativo, or F. récitatif. See
Recite.] (Mus.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are
delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a
piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.
Rec`i*ta*tive", a. Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical
recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. --
Rec`i*ta*tive"ly, adv.
||Rec`i*ta*ti"vo (-t"v), n. [It.] (Mus.) Recitative.
Re*cite" (r*st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reciting.] [F. réciter, 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.