Middle English Dictionary Entry
reciten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | reciten v. Also resiten. |
| Etymology | OF reciter; also cp. L recitāre, ML resitāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To relate events, describe; say (sth.), state, recount; -- sometimes with clause; ppl. recited, mentioned; (b) law to state (sth.) in a legal proceeding; -- sometimes with clause; (c) to offer up (prayers), utter.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1436) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.487 : He..forged A obligacioun..to grete preiudice & damage of ȝour seid suppliant to the somme afore resytyd.
- (1448) Shillingford40 : Please hit yn to youre right gode..Lordship..to write unto the right reverend fader yn God..recytyng how that the seide mater of variance came before youre gode Lordship.
- a1450 Who þat liste loke (Stw 951)44/181 : Wherof I fynde a Cronyque thus I-write For ensample, gode is it to recite.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)278/21 : He herde a man that recited lesingis and in-possible wordes.
- (1464) Paston (EETS)1.203 : I wrott a letter, resytyng how þat he wasse sworn ȝesterday fore to say þe trowthe.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)112/11 : It pleaseth me..to recite aftir Valere the daungerous myschiefes of the same.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)189/5 : Iustyne reciteth in the xx chapetur of Trogue Pompee that..Pictogoras..withdrowe theim from their evill levyng by his exortacions.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)83/32 : He solde xi hundred thousande Iewes and a hundred and fyfty thousande slayne, as Iosephus recytith.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)125/12 : Þe ensaumples be not recited to thentent that ye shulde sew þem.
b
- (1430-31) RParl.4.376a : That ye Juges..make oute a remembrance under her seall..resityng ye issue yat is joyned in ye same ple of bastardie.
- (1441) Proc.Privy C.5.178 : Þe Kyng comandeth þt warrant..be maad to þe Tresorer..reciting þt hou..þt þe Duc of York is withholden, [etc.].
- (1466-7) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.lxxii : The same Bernard resityng the seyd dedis of feffement and of relex, willed and required his said feffees to..pay all his dettis.
c
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.76vb : The holy angele of God Raphael was sente to hele them bothe, of whom in one tyme were the prayers recyted in the syght of our Lord God.