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reˈciting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. recite.
1530Palsgr. 261/1 Recityng of a matter, recitation. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Recit, a reciting, a declaration. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 136 In the reciting of these laws, I do not affirm [etc.].
b. reciting note (see quots.).
1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms s.v. Chant, The opening chord of a chant, and also the first chord after each double bar, may be sustained at will, to accommodate the number of syllables contained in each part of the verse. These chords are called reciting notes. 1881Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 86 Reciting-note, a name sometimes given to that important note, in a Gregorian Tone, on which the greater portion of every Verse of a Psalm, or Canticle, is continuously recited.
So reˈciting ppl. a., that recites.
1682W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 338 The warrant..is not altered in a word, only some..addition..inserted in the reciting part. 1858Gladstone Homer III. 552 To Homer, a reciting poet, the Catalogue was a great effort of memory. |