Repeating
[rɪ'piːtɪŋ] or [rɪ'pitɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repeat
(a.) Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To her he soon turned, repeating much of what he had already said, with only a softened air and stronger expressions of regret. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- To overcome the difficulty of getting past that monosyllable, I took it from her, and said, repeating it with emphasis, Well! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He put it aside by merely repeating that he had a high regard for Mr Doyce. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Theresa kept on repeating our story to her mistress, while I swarmed up and cut the rope of the bell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I asked, what occasion there was for repeating it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mrs Gowan thought the hit so good a one, that she dwelt upon it; repeating 'Not _everything_. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And you speak of his writing to YOU, said I, repeating his emphasis. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The individual develops, but his proper development consists in repeating in orderly stages the past evolution of animal life and human history. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yet, if you will, smile at the warmth of my expressions, while I find every day new causes for repeating them. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- By and by he turned to Peggotty again, and repeating, 'Are you pretty comfortable though? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She appeared to mistrust that the lodger might hear her even there, and repeating Hush! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was only repeating 'The Castaway. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And it is only repeating in another form what has already been said, to declare that the criterion here must be social. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Full souls are double mirrors, making still An endless vista of fair things before, Repeating things behind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Jacqueline