repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
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
When someone recites a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learned it. They recited poetry to one another