v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating. ] [ F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. “I will repeat our former communication.” Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [ Obs. ] Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [ U.S. ] (e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. --
Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. --
Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine. --
Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. --
Repeating watch. See Repeater (a) [ 1913 Webster ]