<B>repeated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> said, done, or made more than once. <BR> <I>Ex. Her repeated efforts at last won success.</I> </DL>
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<B>repeatedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> again and again; more than once. <BR> <I>Ex. He pointed out repeatedly that there are four cuisines in France, not just one, each with rewards to the epicure (Atlantic).</I> (SYN) frequently, often. </DL>
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<B>repeater, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a type of gun that can be fired several times without reloading. A lever, bolt, or the like, must be moved after each shot. <DD><B> 2. </B>a watch or clock that, if a spring is pressed, strikes the hour it struck last, plus the number of quarter hours, five-minute periods, or minutes which have passed since then. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) a person who votes more than once in an election. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) a student who takes a course again or fails to pass on to the next grade. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a person who is repeatedly sent to prison or a reformatory; habitual criminal. <BR> <I>Ex. It sometimes has become the rule to place on probation adolescents who have become "repeaters" (Emory S. Bogardus).</I> <DD><B> 6a. </B>a device that amplifies voice sounds in telephonic communication. Repeaters are built into underwater cables at certain intervals and relay the amplified sounds over long distances. <DD><B> b. </B>a similar device for amplifying and relaying radio, telegraph, and radar signals. <DD><B> 7. </B><B>=repeating decimal.</B> <DD><B> 8. </B><B>=substitute </B>(def. 4). <DD><B> 9. </B>any person or thing that repeats. </DL>
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<B>repeating decimal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a decimal in which the same figure or series of figures is repeated infinitely. (Examples:) .3333 + , .2323 + . </DL>
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<B>repeating rifle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rifle that fires several shots without reloading; repeater. </DL>
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<B>repechage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Sports.) a trial race in which runners-up in early heats receive a second chance to qualify for the final race. </DL>
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<B>repel, </B>verb, <B>-pelled,</B> <B>-pelling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to force back; drive back; drive away. <BR> <I>Ex. They repelled the enemy. We can repel bad thoughts.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to keep off or out; fail to mix with. <BR> <I>Ex. Oil and water repel each other. This tent repels moisture.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to force apart or away by some inherent force. <BR> <I>Ex. The positive poles of two magnets repel each other.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to be displeasing to; cause disgust in. <BR> <I>Ex. Spiders and worms repel me.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to reject. <BR> <I>Ex. to repel a proposition, to repel a charge. Katy ... repelled this opinion with indignation (James Fenimore Cooper).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause dislike; displease. <BR> <I>Ex. Foul odors repel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to act with a force that drives or keeps away something. noun <B>repeller.</B> </DL>
<B>repellent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>disagreeable or distasteful; unattractive. <BR> <I>Ex. That disagreeable man has a cold, repellent manner. Cheating and lying are repellent to most people.</I> (SYN) repugnant. <DD><B> 2. </B>repelling; driving back. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>anything that repels. <BR> <I>Ex. a water repellent. We sprayed insect repellent on our arms and legs before we went on the picnic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a medicine or application that reduces tumors, swellings, or eruptions. adv. <B>repellently.</B> </DL>
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<B>repent</B> (1), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to feel sorry for having done wrong and seek forgiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. The sinner repented.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to feel sorry; regret something done in the past. <BR> <I>Ex. Married in haste, we may repent at leisure (William Congreve).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to feel sorrow for (wrongdoing) and ask forgiveness. <BR> <I>Ex. The criminal repented his crimes before the priest.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to feel sorry for; regret. <BR> <I>Ex. I had soon reason to repent those foolish words (Jonathan Swift).</I> noun <B>repenter.</B> </DL>
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<B>repent</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(of a plant) growing along the ground, or horizontally beneath the surface, and taking root as it grows. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of an animal) creeping; crawling. </DL>
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<B>repentance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>sorrow for doing wrong. <BR> <I>Ex. Her repentance made everyone anxious to forgive her.</I> (SYN) contrition. <DD><B> 2. </B>sorrow; regret. </DL>
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<B>repentant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> repenting; feeling regret; sorry for doing wrong. <BR> <I>Ex. a repentant criminal, repentant tears.</I> adv. <B>repentantly.</B> </DL>
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<B>repeople, </B>transitive verb, <B>-pled,</B> <B>-pling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to people anew. <DD><B> 2. </B>to restock with animals. </DL>
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<B>repercussion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an indirect influence or reaction from an event. <BR> <I>Ex. repercussions of war, repercussions of a scandal. The repercussions of this victory went round the country (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a sound flung back; echo. <BR> <I>Ex. Like the echo which is a repercussion of the original voice (Cardinal Newman).</I> (SYN) reverberation. <DD><B> 3. </B>the action of springing back; rebound; recoil. <BR> <I>Ex. the repercussion of a cannon.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the action of driving back. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>the repetition of a tone or chord. <DD><B> b. </B>the repetition of the theme in a fugue, especially the theme and answer in all voices. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Medicine.) <DD><B> a. </B>a method of diagnosing pregnancy; ballottement. <DD><B> b. </B>the action of driving in or away, as of a tumor or eruption. </DL>
<B>reperforate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to perforate again. </DL>
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<B>reperforator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that receives information on punched tape and duplicates it on a similar tape for retransmission. </DL>
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<B>repertoire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the list of plays, operas, parts, or pieces, that a company, an actor, a musician, or a singer is prepared to perform. </DL>
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<B>repertorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a repertory. </DL>
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<B>repertory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=repertoire.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. One of the best ... was the revival in the repertory of the Comedie-Francaise ... of Racine's Old Testament tragedy "Athalie" (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any store or stock of things ready for use. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=storehouse.</B> (SYN) depository, depot. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=repertory company or theater.</B> </DL>
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<B>repertory company</B> or <B>theater,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a permanent organization of actors presenting a repertoire of plays, usually producing them alternately. </DL>
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<B>repetend, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that part of a repeating decimal that is repeated indefinitely. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=refrain.</B> </DL>
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<B>repetiteur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a person who coaches singers. </DL>
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<B>repetition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of repeating; doing or saying again. <BR> <I>Ex. Repetition helps learning. Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a repeated occurrence; thing repeated. <BR> <I>Ex. The repetition soon became boring.</I> </DL>
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<B>repetitious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of repetitions; repeating in a tiresome way. (SYN) reiterative. adv. <B>repetitiously.</B> noun <B>repetitiousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>repetitive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characterized by repetition. <BR> <I>Ex. The text itself is loaded with cliches, grossly repetitive, and stylistically dull (Scientific American).</I> adv. <B>repetitively.</B> noun <B>repetitiveness.</B> </DL>
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<B>repetitive-motion disorder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an injury or condition resulting from frequently repeating the same movement. <BR> <I>Ex. In terms of repetitive-motion disorders ... 1 in 3 chicken workers was found to have a work-related muscular-skeletal disorder resulting in moderate or extreme pain (Richard Behar).</I> </DL>
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<B>rephotograph, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to photograph again. </DL>
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<B>rephrase, </B>transitive verb, <B>-phrased,</B> <B>-phrasing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to phrase again; say or write in a new or different way. <BR> <I>Ex. to rephrase a question.</I> </DL>
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<B>repine, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-pined,</B> <B>-pining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to be discontented; fret; complain. <BR> <I>Ex. Through the long and weary day he repined at his unhappy lot (Washington Irving).</I> noun <B>repiner.</B> </DL>
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<B>replace, </B>transitive verb, <B>-placed,</B> <B>-placing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to fill or take the place of. <BR> <I>Ex. He replaced his brother as captain. Most telephone operators have been replaced by dial telephones.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to get another in place of. <BR> <I>Ex. I will replace the cup I broke.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to put back; put in place again. <BR> <I>Ex. Please replace the books on the shelf.</I> adj. <B>replaceable.</B> noun <B>replacer.</B> </DL>
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<B>replaceability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or quality of being replaceable. </DL>
