transitive verb
- to say or utter again; reiterate: to repeat a remark
- to say over or through; recite (a poem, etc.)
- to say (something) as said by someone else
- to tell to someone else: to repeat a secret
- to do or make again; do over again: to repeat a test
- to make happen again or undergo again: to repeat an adventure
- to say again what has been said before by (oneself)
- to present (itself or themselves) again
Origin:
ME repeten < OFr repeter < L repetere < re-, again + petere, to demand, rush at, fall: see feather