Re*peat" (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r'ep'eter, L. 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."
Robynson (More's Utopia).
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. ScotsLaw
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.
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Re*peat" (r?-p?t"), n.
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. 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.
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