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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Repeating | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Repeating | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. {Repeating circle}. See the Note under {Circle}, n., 3. {Repeating decimal} (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Repeating firearm}, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See {Revolver}, and {Magazine gun}, under {Magazine}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repeating}.] [F. r[82]p[82]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. [bd]I will repeat our former communication.[b8] --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}. | |
