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Recite

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.

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Manner of action 11

Count 76% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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List 76% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Perorate 76% connected

To make a peroration; to harangue.

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Rhapsodize 76% connected

To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Scan 76% connected

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

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Spell 76% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

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Yarn 76% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Echo 76% connected

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Re-create 76% connected

To create or form anew.

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Recreate 76% connected

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

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Derivationally related 16

Item 74% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Item 74% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Recital 74% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Recital 74% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Recitation 74% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Recitation 74% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Tale 74% connected

See Tael.

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Tale 74% connected

See Tael.

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Teller 74% connected

One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

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Teller 74% connected

One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

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Token 74% connected

Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

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Token 74% connected

Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

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Entails 5

Mouth 72% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Speak 72% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 72% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Utter 72% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 72% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Synonym 7

Declaim 92% connected

To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exerc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enumerate 92% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Itemize 92% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Narrate 92% connected

To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an accou…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recount 92% connected

To count or reckon again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retell 92% connected

To tell again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tell 92% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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