[re.peat] vb [ME repeten, fr. MF repeter, fr. L repetere to return to, repeat, fr. re- + petere to go to, seek--more at feather] vt (14c) 1 a: to say or state again b: to say over from memory: recite c: to say after another
2. a: to make, do, or perform again "~ an experiment" b: to make appear again "the curtains ~ the wallpaper pattern" "will ~ the program tomorrow" c: to go through or experience again "had to ~ third grade"
3: to express or present (oneself) again in the same words, terms, or form ~ vi: to say, do, or accomplish something again; esp: to win (as a sports championship) another time in succession -- re.peat.abil.i.ty n -- re.peat.able adj
[2]re.peat n (15c) 1 a: something repeated: repetition b: a musical passage to be repeated in performance; also: a sign placed before and after such a passage c: a usu. transcribed repetition of a radio or television program d: a genetic duplication in which the duplicated parts are adjacent to each other along the chromosome
2: the act of repeating