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}.
{Repeating circle}. See the Note under {Circle}, n., 3.
{Repeating decimal} (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See
under {Decimal}.
{Repeating firearm}, a firearm that may be discharged many
times in quick succession; especially:
(a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of
the mechanism the charges are successively introduced
from a chamber containing them into the breech of the
barrel, and fired.
(b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged
from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel.
See {Revolver}, and {Magazine gun}, under {Magazine}.