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.
Re*peat" (r?-p?t"), n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition.
2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the
repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is
produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often
only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
Re*peat"ed*ly, adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
Re*peat"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a)
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring,
will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating
firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message
automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more
than once at an election. [U.S.] (e) See Circulating decimal, under
Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in
a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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. -- Repeating instruments (Astron. &
Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite,
etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in
succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of
the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which
aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle,
freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. --
Repeating watch. See Repeater (a)
Rep"e*da"tion (r?p`?-da"sh?n), n. [L. repedare to step back; pref. re-
re- + pes, pedis, foot.] A stepping or going back. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Re**pel" (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to
drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.] 1. To drive back;
to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an
enemy or an assailant.
Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.
Pope.
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other
strongly.
Macaulay.
2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an
encroachment, or an argument.
[He] gently repelled their entreaties.
Hawthorne.
Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
Re*pel", v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to
exercise repulsion.
{ Re*pel"lence (-lens), Re*pel"len*cy (- len-s?), } n. The principle of
repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Re*pel"lent (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back;
able or tending to repel.
Re*pel"lent, n. 1. That which repels.
2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which
render it tumid. Dunglison.