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

Repeat \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.]
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   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).
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            Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
            Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
            Us to abolish.                        --Milton.
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   2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
      [Obs.] --Waller.
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   3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
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   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.
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   Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse;
        recapitulate. See Reiterate.
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Repeat \Re*peat"\ (r?-p?t"), n.
   1. The act of repeating; repetition.
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   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.).
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   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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repeat loop
do loop
repeat

    (Or "do loop") A loop construct found in many
   procedural languages which repeatedly executes some
   instructions while a condition is true.

   Repeat loops are found in Perl, Pascal, BASIC and C.
   The initial keyword may be "repeat" or "do" and the
   condition may be introduced with a "while" or "until" keyword.

   In constrast to a while loop, the "loop body" is executed
   once before the condition is tested.  This is useful when the
   condition depends on the action of the loop body.  In the
   following BASIC loop "Hello" is printed once despite the fact
   that the condition is false;

    i = 2
    repeat
      print "Hello"
      i = i+1
    until i>0

   See also while loop and for loop.

   (1999-05-06)