reiterate
VerbUS[ree-it-er-eyt]/riˈɪtɚˌeɪt/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)reiterated, reiterating
- 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