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REPEATED
perennial, recurrent, repeated
(adjective) recurring again and again; “perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
repeated
simple past tense and past participle of repeat
Adjective
repeated (comparative more repeated, superlative most repeated)
Having been said or done again.
Synonyms
• See repeated
Anagrams
• departee
Source: Wiktionary
REPEAT
Re*peat" (-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] Etym: [F. répéter, 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. (Scots Law)
Definition: 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-pt"), 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.)
Definition: 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 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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