Usage Note
Réciter means to say aloud from memory, most commonly a poem, prayer, or lesson. Réciter une leçon means to recite a lesson (also used metaphorically for a rehearsed speech). The noun récitation is the act of reciting, also the name of a dictation-style exercise in French schools.
Examples
"Les élèves récitent un poème en classe."
Natural Translation
The pupils recite a poem in class.
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