What does "repeat" mean?
Repeat: To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller.
Additional senses
- 2.(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. See Reiterate.
- 3.The act of repeating; repetition.
- 4.That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
- 5.(Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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