Quotes from memory secret I broke (7)

I believe the answer is:

recites

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'quotes from memory' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'secret i broke' is the wordplay.
'broke' indicates an anagram.
'secret'+'i'='secreti'
'secreti' anagrammed gives 'RECITES'.

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(Other definitions for recites that I've seen before include "Rattles off" , "Recounts" , "Is erect (anag)" , "Repeats passage aloud from memory" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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