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.
Re*peat" (-p?t"),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Repeating.]
[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) 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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