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repeated, ppl. a.|rɪˈpiːtɪd|
[f. repeat v.]
1. Reiterated; renewed; frequent.
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 4 My supreame Crowne of griefe, and those repeated Vexations of it. 1642Milton Sonn. viii, The repeated air Of sad Electra's Poet. 1703De Foe in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. IV. 62 Accept my repeated thanks for the friendship you show. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 298 The wave-subjected soil Impels the native to repeated toil. 1793Beddoes Calculus 219 Though I am certain of this increase of weight from repeated experiments. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvi. III. 661 The events which were passing..on the Continent compelled William to make repeated changes in his plans.
2. With advbs. (Well, often, etc.) recited, said over, or related.
1718Prior Power 155 The pleasing song, or well repeated tale. 1770Junius Lett. xxxviii. (1788) 202 The cold formality of a well-repeated lesson. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 270 An old and oft-repeated tale. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. xiii. (1875) III. 282 They find it much easier to echo some easily repeated formula. |