Category:Repeat

Re*peat" (-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] Etym: [f. répéter, l. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to Fall upon, attack. See petition.]

1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to Iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "i Will repeat our former communication." Robynson (more's utopia). Not well conceived of god; who, though his power creation could Repeat, yet would be loth us to abolish. Milton.

2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [obs.] Waller.

3. (scots law)

Defn: to repay or refund (an excess received). To repeat one's self, To do or say what one has already done or said. -- to repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, To communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.

Syn. -- to reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; Recapitulate. See reiterate.

Repeat Re*peat" (r-pt"), n.

1. The act of repeating; repetition.

2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the Repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression Is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

3. (mus.)

Defn: a mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often Only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.