資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]
   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}.