re‧ci‧ta‧tive /ˌresətəˈtiːv, ˌresɪtəˈtiːv/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Italian;
Origin: recitativo, from recitare, from Latin; ⇒ recite]
technical a speech set to music that is sung by one person and continues the story of an
opera (=musical play) between the songs
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