1. (n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences\.

2. (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

3. (n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

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