Reiterate
[riː'ɪtəreɪt] or [rɪ'ɪtəret]
Definition
(v. t.) To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
(a.) Reiterated; repeated.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Repeat, repeat again, do again and again.
Typist: Shelby
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repeat, re-express, re-enunciate, renew, reproduce
ANT:Cancel, withdraw, reverse, retract
Checker: Louie
Definition
v.t. to iterate or repeat again: to repeat again and again.—adj. Reit′erant reiterating.—adv. Reit′eratedly.—n. Reiterā′tion act of reiterating.—adj. Reit′erātive (gram.) a word signifying repeated action.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- My opinion is confirmed, and I reiterate my advice. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I reiterate the charge. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How hard it was to reiterate firmly, I am going. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Yes, even Crispin, reiterated Justinian in a fiery tone. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I say I have done my duty, he reiterated. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Tom reiterated, what a funny little girl you are! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The shriek at the name, the reiterated look of hatred and fear that instantly followed, told all. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The young lady thus claimed as the dowager's special property, reiterated her question with an explanation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Still covering that feature and backing, Mr Fledgeby reiterated (apparently with a severe cold in his head), 'I beg, I beg, you won't. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The instant before I had been perfectly satisfied, from his own reiterated assertion, that Pesca did not know the Count. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now, my friends, says Mr. Chadband, we will inquire in a spirit of love-- Still Guster reiterates one thousing seven hundred and eighty-two. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Flo