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. 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.