repeat

Definitions

1. 1.To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller.
2. 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. 3.The act of repeating; repetition.
4. 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. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller called?
• What is 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.) called?
• What is a mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance called?