reiterate

Verb
US[ree-it-er-eyt]/riˈɪtɚˌeɪt/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)reiterated, reiterating

  1. to say, state, or perform again“She kept reiterating her request”Synonyms: repeatingeminateiteraterestateretellMore general tellMore specific quote, sum up, translate, paraphrase, harp, ditto, perseverate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Re·it′er·ate (-āt), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Reiterated (-ā′tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Reiterating.]

Origin: Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation.— John Milton
You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin.— William Shakespeare

Synonyms: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.


Re·it′er·ate (-?t), adjective

Reiterated; repeated. rare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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