Re*peat" (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repeating.] [F. répéter, 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.