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Webster 1913 Edition


Iterate

It′er-ate

(ĭt′ẽr-ā̍t)
,
Adj.
[L.
iteratus
, p. p. of
iterare
to repeat, fr.
iterum
again, prop. a compar. from the stem of
is
he, that; cf. L.
ita
so,
item
likewise, also, Skr.
itara
other,
iti
thus. Cf.
Identity
,
Item
.]
Uttered or done again; repeated.
[Obs.]
Bp. Gardiner.

It′er-ate

(ĭt′ẽr-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Iterated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Iterating
.]
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat;
as, to
iterate
advice
.
Nor Eve to
iterate

Her former trespass feared.
Milton.

It′er-ate

,
adv.
By way of iteration.

Webster 1828 Edition


Iterate

IT'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. itero, to repeat, from iter, a going.]
To repeat; to utter or do a second time; as, to iterate advice or admonition; to iterate a trepass.