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.