v.
   - say again. 
▸
(repeat oneself)
 say or do the same thing again.
 - do again or more than once. 
▸
(
repeat itself)
 occur again in the same way:
 history has repeated itself.
 - chiefly Brit. (of food) be tasted after being swallowed, as a result of indigestion.
 
n.
     - an instance of repeating or being repeated. 
▸
[
as modifier]
 occurring, done, or used more than once:
 a repeat prescription.
 - a repeated broadcast of a television or radio programme.
 - a consignment of goods similar to one already received.
 - a decorative pattern which is repeated uniformly over a surface.
 - Music  a passage intended to be repeated. 
▸a mark indicating this.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - repeatability n.
  - repeatable adj.
  - repeated adj.
  - repeatedly adv.
  - repeater n.
  - repeating adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. repeter, from L. repetere, from re- ‘back’ + petere ‘seek’.