REPE'AT, verb transitive [Latin 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, noun 1. In music, a mark directing a part to be repeated in performance. 2. Repetition.
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