1.
[syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell]
2. run or be performed again;
- Example: "the function iterates"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iterate \It"er*ate\ ([i^]t"[~e]r*[asl]t), a. [L. iteratus, p. p.
of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a compar. from
the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so, item likewise, also,
Skr. itara other, iti thus. Cf. Identity, Item.]
Uttered or done again; repeated. [Obs.] --Bp. Gardiner.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iterate \It"er*ate\ ([i^]t"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Iterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Iterating.]
To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to
iterate advice.
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Nor Eve to iterate
Her former trespass feared. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iterate \It"er*ate\, adv.
By way of iteration.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
iterate
v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her
request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate,
iterate, restate, retell]
2: run or be performed again; "the function iterates"