Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repeat"
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) 1.7 (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; "She 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; "He could never replicate his
brilliant performance of the magic trick" [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},
{reprize}, {recapitulate}]
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