REPE'AT, v.t. [L. repeto; re and peto, to make at or drive towards. this verb ought to be written repete, in analogy with compete, and with repetition.] 1. To do, make, attempt or utter again; to iterate; as, to repeat an action; to repeat an attempt or exertion; to repeat a word or discourse; to repeat a song; to repeat an argument.2. To try again.I the danger will repeat.3. to recite; to rehearse.He repeated some lines of Virgil.To repeat signals, in the navy, is to make the same signal which the admiral or commander has made, or to make a signal again.REPE'AT, n. 1. In music, a mark directing a part to be repeated in performance.2. Repetition.
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