Trotted out, so to speak (7)
I believe the answer is:
recited
'trotted' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recited that I've seen before include "read allowed" , "Repeated aloud from memory" .)