REPEATS

Noun

repeats

plural of repeat

Verb

repeats

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repeat

Anagrams

• Partees, Perates, reapest, repaste, retapes, sperate, tree sap

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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