Repeat

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.]
	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. 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.
	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.
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.

Noun	1.	repeat - an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" Synonyms: repetition
Verb	1.	repeat - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, restate, retell
	2.	repeat - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, replicate, double
	3.	repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" Synonyms: recur
	4.	repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" Synonyms: echo
	5.	repeat - do over; "They would like to take it over again" Synonyms: take over
	6.	repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition Synonyms: reprise, reprize, recapitulate

repeat - repeat loop

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