"repeat" Definition

Definitions for the word "repeat" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To repay or refund (an excess received).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The act of repeating; repetition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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.).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
1 say or do over again. 2 recite, rehearse, or report (something learnt or heard). 3 recur; appear again. 4 (of food) be tasted after being swallowed due to belching. n. 1 a repeating. B thing repeated (often attrib.: repeat prescription). 2 repeated broadcast. 3 mus. A passage intended to be repeated. B mark indicating this. 4 pattern repeated in wallpaper etc. repeat itself recur in the same form. Repeat oneself say or do the same thing over again. repeatable adj. Repeatedly adv. [latin peto seek]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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