Repeat
Repeat (-p?t") , transitive verb
[French répéter, Latin 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.
Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish.
2.
To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obsolete] — Waller
3.
(Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
Collocations (2)
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.
Repeat (r?-p?t") , noun
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.
(Music) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.