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Pronunciation : Re*peat" (-pt")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. r?p?ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]
Definition : 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. (Scots Law)

Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*peat" (r-pt")
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)

Defn: A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913