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Past tense of recite

regular verb

The past tense of recite is recited. The past participle is also recited.

Forms of recite

Base form (V1)recite /ɹɪˈsaɪt/
Past tense (V2)recited
Past participle (V3)recited
Present participlereciting
Third person singularrecites

Recited in a sentence

  • It’s recited in schools across the US every day by students standing stiffly with their hands over their hearts.2019 February 19, Doug Criss, “Here’s why students don’t have to recite the Pledge of Allegiance”, in CNN
  • He recited the story with great animation.From the entry animation
  • The sixteenth-century chroniclers tell us that areítos recited histories, which were transmitted through the generations.2005, Peter E. Siegel, Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico. From the entry areíto
  • However, we rule that it is a safek and accordingly the blessing should not be recited.2003, J. H. Henkin, Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., →ISBN, page 58. From the entry safek
  • The benediction recited by the oleh before reading the portion of the Torah.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 106. From the entry oleh

Meaning of recite

  1. verb To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
  2. verb To list or enumerate something.
  3. verb To deliver a recitation.

Full definition of recite

Questions about the past tense of recite

What is the past tense of recite?
The past tense of recite is recited.
What is the past participle of recite?
The past participle of recite is recited.
Is recite a regular or irregular verb?
Recite is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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