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repeat |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p. pr & vb n. {Repeating}.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repeat \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repeat n : an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" [syn: {repetition}] v 1: to say or state again: "Mrs. Molvar, who kept reiterating her request..", "``Just barely'' , he said and repeated his paraphrase:" [syn: {reiterate}, {ingeminate}, {iterate}, {restate}, {retell}] 2: make or do or perform again [syn: {duplicate}, {reduplicate}, {double}, {replicate}] 3: happen or occur again "This is a recurring story" [syn: {recur}] 4: to say again or imitate: "followers echoing the cries of their leaders." [syn: {echo}] 5: do over "They would like to take it over again" [syn: {take over}] 6: repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition [syn: {reprise}, {recapitulate}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: repeat {repeat loop}
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