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Webster 1913 Edition


Reiterate

Re-it′er-ate

(-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reiterated
(-āˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reiterating
.]
[Pref.
re-
+
iterate
: cf. F.
réitérer
, LL.
reiterare
to question again.]
To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
That with
reiterated
crimes he might
Heap on himself damnation.
Milton.
You never spoke what did become you less
Than this; which to
reiterate
were sin.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

Re-it′er-ate

(-?t)
,
Adj.
Reiterated; repeated.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Reiterate

REIT'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. re and itero.]
To repeat; to repeat again and again; as reiterated crimes; to reiterate requests.

Definition 2024


reiterate

reiterate

English

Verb

reiterate (third-person singular simple present reiterates, present participle reiterating, simple past and past participle reiterated)

  1. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
    Let me reiterate my opinion.
    • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
      He said France clearly wanted to "close one page and open another". He reiterated his opposition to austerity alone as the only way out of Europe's crisis: "My final duty, and I know I'm being watched from beyond our borders, is to put Europe back on the path of growth and employment."
    • Shakespeare
      You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
  2. (transitive) to say or do (something) repeatedly
    • Milton
      That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.

Usage notes

Although iterate and reiterate are similar, iterate indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while reiterate indicates a more general repetition.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

reiterate (comparative more reiterate, superlative most reiterate)

  1. Reiterated; repeated.

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Italian

Verb

reiterate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of reiterare
  2. second-person plural imperative of reiterare
  3. feminine plural of reiterato