Re*peat" (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repeating.] [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) 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.
Re*peat" (r?-p?t"), 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.) A mark, or series of dots,
placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be
repeated in performance.
Re*peat" (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repeating.] [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) 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.
Re*peat" (r?-p?t"), 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.) A mark, or series of dots,
placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be
repeated in performance.
