Repeat

(re-peet'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPEATED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPEATING.] [Fr. répéter, Pr., Sp., & Pg. repetir, It. ripetere, Lat. repetere, from re, again, and petere, to fall upon, to attack.] 1. To go over a second time; to do, try, make, attempt, or utter again; to iterate. I the danger will repeat. Dryden. He repeated some lines of Virgil. Waller. 2. To do or say what one has already done or said; — followed by self, and used reflexively. In personating the heroes of the scene, he does little but repeat himself. Jeffrey. To repeat signals, to make the same signals which have already been made, or to make a signal again. Syn. — To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See REITERATE.

n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition.

2Sense 2. That which is repeated. “So of this repeat enough.” Chapman.

3Sense 3. That which is to be repeated: as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced.

4Sense 4. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after a passage to be repeated in performance, or often only at the end of it.