1. [n]  an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
2. [v]  happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"
3. [v]  to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders."
4. [v]  to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
5. [v]  repeat an earlier theme of a musical composition
6. [v]  make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
7. [v]  do over; "They would like to take it over again"

1. \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Repeating}.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere;
   pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See {Petition}.]
   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).
            Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
            Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to
            abolish.                              --Milton.
   2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
      [Obs.] --Waller.
   3. (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.
   Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse;
        recapitulate. See {Reiterate}.
   

2. \Re*peat"\ (r?-p?t"), n.
   1. The act of repeating; repetition.
   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.).
   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.
   

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