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Repeat   /rɪpˈit/  /ripˈit/   Listen
Repeat

verb
(past & past part. repeated; pres. part. repeating)
1.
To say, state, or perform again.  Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell.
2.
Make or do or perform again.  Synonyms: double, duplicate, reduplicate, replicate.
3.
Happen or occur again.  Synonym: recur.
4.
To say again or imitate.  Synonym: echo.
5.
Do over.  Synonym: take over.
6.
Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.  Synonyms: recapitulate, reprise, reprize.
noun
1.
An event that repeats.  Synonym: repetition.



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"Repeat" Quotes from Famous Books



... willingly listen to you, holy father," said Clovis, "but I fear that the people who follow me will not give up their gods. I am about to assemble them, and will repeat to them your words." ...
— Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. French. • Charles Morris

... original thinkers have stumbled upon this method, without having been taught it. A noted example is that of Lord Tennyson, who has written that he attained a degree of Initiation in this way. He would repeat his own name, over and over, and the same time meditating upon his identity, and he reports that he would become conscious and "aware" of his reality and immortality—in short would recognize himself as ...
— A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka

... used all to walk to the Sault to church in the morning, and in the evening we had service in the School-room. On Sunday afternoons there was Sunday school, and on Wednesday and Friday evenings Bible-class. Every morning at prayers the children would repeat a verse of Scripture after me, so as to know it by heart at the end of the week. This plan has been continued uninterruptedly, and the children who have been with us have thus a good store of Scriptural knowledge. They were also taught the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, ...
— Missionary Work Among The Ojebway Indians • Edward Francis Wilson

... much amused at Sancho's good memory, and praised it highly, asking him to repeat the letter once or twice more to them, so that they might be able to write it down when they got a chance. Three times did Sancho repeat it, and each time he made as many new mistakes. Then he told them other things about ...
— The Junior Classics, V4 • Willam Patten (Editor)

... flushed. I was glad on all accounts that Victoria did not repeat her previous invitation now. On the contrary, when she had looked at Princess Heinrich, she gave a sudden frightened sob, rushed across the room, and flung herself on her knees at ...
— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope


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