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Webster 1913 Edition
Repeat
Re-peat′
(-p?t′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Repeated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repeating
.] 1.
To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite;
“I will repeat our former communication.” as, to
. repeat
an effort, an order, or a poemRobynson (More’s Utopia).
Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could
Us to abolish.
Creation could
repeat
, yet would be lothUs 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
. Re-peat′
(r?-p?t′)
, Noun.
1.
The act of repeating; repetition.
2.
That which is repeated;
as, the
; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.). repeat
of a pattern3.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Repeat
REPE'AT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To do, make, attempt or utter again; to iterate; as, to repeat an action; to repeat an attempt or exertion; to repeat a word or discourse; to repeat a song; to repeat an argument.2.
To try again.I the danger will repeat.
3.
to recite; to rehearse.He repeated some lines of Virgil.
To repeat signals, in the navy, is to make the same signal which the admiral or commander has made, or to make a signal again.
REPE'AT
, n.1.
In music, a mark directing a part to be repeated in performance.2.
Repetition.