repn.1
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ colloquial (now chiefly U.S.).
A reputation, (now esp.) one for aggressive or immoral behaviour. In early use chiefly in †upon rep: by reputation.Apparently rare between the mid 18th and mid 19th centuries.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]
nameeOE
talec1175
fame?c1225
lose1297
creancec1330
stevenc1374
opinionc1384
credencec1390
recorda1393
renowna1400
reputationc1400
reportc1425
regardc1440
esteema1450
noisea1470
reapport1514
estimation1530
savour1535
existimationa1538
countenancea1568
credit1576
standing1579
stair1590
perfumec1595
estimate1597
pass1601
reportage1612
vibration1666
suffrage1667
rep1677
face1834
odour1835
rap1966
1677 T. Rawlins Tom Essence v. i. 58 Use my Shop, and pray do you too Sir; upon Rep, I'le sell cheaper to you two, than to any I know.
1709 Shippery in T. Hearne Diary 13 Dec. in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) I. 80 Six go-downs upon rep. to our true English King!
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 135. ¶10 This Humour..which has so miserably curtailed some of our Words,..as in Mob. rep. pos. incog. and the like.
1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. ii. xiii. 31 Nor Modesty, nor Pride, nor Fear, nor Rep, Shall now forbid this tender chaste Embrace.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 91 Do you say it upon Rep?
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xix. 367 Of the town proper, a majority of citizens were negroes, with them a few whites of doubtful ‘rep’, and perhaps a dozen Indians.
1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 155 An' me a white man, too, even if me rep. is off color.
1935 ‘E. Queen’ Spanish Cape Myst. iii. 68 Got a rep as a bad customer.
1978 M. Puzo Fools Die iv. 51 He was a legitimate bad guy with an obvious rep in Vegas.
1997 J-17 June 70/3 If you wanna avoid a rep for sleeping around, wait 'til you find a lad who values you for you, not your bedside manner.
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repn.2
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ In the names of countries and states: = republic n. 2a(a).
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by the people
democracy1539
commonwealth1542
state1565
free state1567
commonalty1604
republic1604
people-state1606
populacy1632
peopledom1657
commonality1680
rep1701
commonweal1733
pantarchy1870
1701 E. Wells Treat. Antient & Present Geogr. viii. 73 Rep. of Genoua S. of Mil on Sea Coast..Rep. of Venice E. of Milanese.
1794 E. Styles Diary 21 Aug. (1901) 530 The public convinction that to break up the Rep. of France is impossible.
1845 Merchants' Mag. Oct. 380/1 (table) Central Rep. of America.
1874 Rep. Supreme Court Texas 27 691 Previous to the passage of this law, the civil law of Spain and Mexico was the fundamental law of the land. (Const. of the Rep. of Texas, Schedule, Section 1).
1952 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 48 760 One of the slogans commemorating the 4th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Rep. of China.
1997 When Sat. Comes Jan. 8/2 The Rep of Ireland..can afford a couple of bad results and now they've had one, held to a goalless draw at home by Iceland.
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† repn.3
Obsolete.
1. An immoral or dissolute person; a rake.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person
ribald1340
shaker?a1500
whipster1593
Cyprian1598
wantoner1665
free-liver1711
rep1747
loose fish1809
1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband iv. iv So many Rivals among your kept Mistresses, and Reps of Quality.
1799 F. Hervey Let. 28 Mar. in B. Fothergill Mitred Earl (1974) vii. 232 Those doubly damn'd miscreants, first as French, secondly as Reps.
1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 474 Old and young, reps and demi-reps flocked to see it.
1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 879/2 Oh! Son of a Rep! were not those glorious days?
1886 Fargus Living or Dead II. 169 Now you're about with the biggest uncut rep in town.
2. An inferior example of something; a worthless article.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun]
poornessa1382
chaffc1386
cold roast?1406
arse-guta1413
short end1560
under-kind1571
inferior1589
canvas-back1605
underthing1620
under-sort1655
wasteling1750
slouch1767
shamea1771
neck beefa1777
rep1786
wastrel1790
wastera1800
shoddy1862
piece1884
tinhorn1887
robbo1897
cheapie1898
buckeye1906
reach-me-down1916
dog1917
stinkeroo1934
bodgie1964
cheapo1975
1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Farewel Odes xi. 49 No matter for the fiddle's sound..tho', what's vulgarly baptiz'd a rep, Shall in a hundred pounds be deem'd dog-cheap.
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repn.4
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ 1. Politics (U.S.). A member of the House of Representatives. Cf. representative n. 1a.
ΚΠ
1789 W. Brown Better Sort vi. 34 A man wants to be a Rep. or a Congress man, he in the first place puts a piece in the Centinel, telling how and about what a great man he is.
1846 W. Bolles Phonographic Pronouncing Dict. 16 Rep., Representative... Sen., Senator.
1858 Charleston (S. Carolina) Mercury 25 Sept. Rep. Johnson, of California, offered a resolution to empower the Grand Encampment of California.
1913 Commerc. Telegraphers Jrnl. Oct. 316/1 An appropriation of $100,000..is proposed by Rep. (Brother) Charles B. Smith of Buffalo in a bill recently introduced in the House at Washington.
1960 Chicago Tribune 15 Jan. ii. 2/1 Miss Jeanne Hurley of Wilmette is giving up the sole Democratic seat in the district because she will marry State Rep. Paul Simon.
1990 New Eng. Monthly Mar. 12/2 One of the things the average modern-day state rep fears most is an opponent.
2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 May a6/2 Former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr said Monday that he will run for president as a Libertarian.
2.
a. gen. A representative (in various senses). Frequently with distinguishing word.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative
representera1586
representator1603
representanta1641
mandatory1648
representative1649
alter egoa1695
rep1848
1848 Oquawka (Illinois) Spectator 8 Nov. 2/4 We..hope that he will continue in the good cause until the ‘Reps’ of all ‘Egypt’ will have a true knowledge of the wishes of the people.
1896 T. Eyton Rugby Football 10 Joe..has annually played and led the Tauranga reps. against the Auckland teams.
1948 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 23 Apr. 6/2 Swift and Company said it would attend the Washington meeting scheduled with union reps. next Wednesday.
1959 T. Girtin Unnatural Break xxviii. 101 The local rep of the League of Empire Loyalists got up in the middle and made a protest.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 679/1 We can have three thousand safety reps for a labour force of thirty five thousand.
2006 Fast Company Jan. 74/3 At one point, the 22-year-old reprimanded the HR rep for being ‘rude to my mom’.
b. More fully holiday rep, resort rep, etc. A person employed by a tour operator to assist holidaymakers, as by organizing excursions and entertainments, liaising with local operators, conducting welcome meetings, etc.
ΚΠ
1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm ii. 28 No travellers seen except on Tuesdays and Thursdays... Reps.., Tuesdays and Thursdays.
1973 Times 5 Mar. 21/1 (advt.) Holiday reps required.—Italy (June) and Germany (Sept.) Must be experienced and bilingual.
1987 Campaign (Nexis) 6 Mar. The ingredients of a good holiday—the smartly uniformed resort rep, anxious to help, the pleasant and equally welcoming hotel staff.
2005 R. Ellis Maldives ii. 79 The rep will ask for your air ticket for reconfirmation with the airline 72 hours before the flight.
c. = sales rep n. at sale n.2 Compounds 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller
rideout1752
rider1752
outrider1762
traveller1790
commercial traveller1807
bagman1808
town traveller1808
commis voyageur1825
roundman1827
drummer1828
travelling salesman1833
bag woman1845
commercial1861
fieldman1875
outride1879
roundsman1884
knight of the road1889
representative1918
sales representative1949
sales rep1959
rep1973
1973 R. W. Purton Markets & Fairs viii. 66 Go to any of the exhibits and you will soon find that the ‘rep’ is there to answer the questions of any likely customers or to demonstrate his goods.
1989 J. Casey Spartina (1990) 33 But he had to make another payment or the rep couldn't hold it for him.
2005 R. Tope Cotswold Killing xvii. 260 ‘What about that man in the other car? Do you know who he was?’ ‘Some traveller, I think. You know—a rep. Selling fertiliser or cattle feed or grass seed.’
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repn.5
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ 1. School slang. A piece or lesson to be learned and recited; the class at which such pieces are recited. Cf. repetition n.1 3b. Now rare.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > [noun]
rehearsalc1405
rehearse1429
repetition1579
spouting1581
hersall1590
recitation1623
absolutiona1637
rendition1851
rep1858
society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework
lesson?c1225
renderc1380
vulgars1520
practicec1541
theme1545
example1562
tax1564
repetition1579
exercise1612
praxis1612
recreation1633
pensum1667
vacation-exercisea1668
version1711
task1737
thesisa1774
dictation1789
challenging1825
holiday task1827
devoir1849
homework1852
vulgus1857
cram-book1858
rep1858
banco1862
prep1866
classwork1867
preparation1875
work card1878
vacation-task1904
1858 F. W. Farrar Eric v. 51 ‘I say, Williams,’ said Duncan, one morning as they strolled into the school-yard, ‘do you know your Rep.?’
1864 Creighton in Life & Lett. (1904) I. i. 13 It is a very bad sign if fellows talk, or learn rep…during prayers.
1891 Punch 17 Jan. 25/2 It's not in Selections from British Poetry, which we have to get up for ‘rep’.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 11/1 He ‘skewed’ his ‘cons’ and ‘reps’.
1930 E. M. Brent-Dyer Chalet School & Jo iv. 57 ‘There's only rep left, and I've arithmetic and French to write!’ protested Cornelia.
2. Sport (chiefly Bodybuilding). = repetition n.1 5d. Chiefly in plural.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > physical culture or body-building > group of exercises
rep1936
set1956
1936 Health & Strength 11 Apr. 439/3 Pullover at Arm's length. 6 reps.
1953 Tomorrow's Man (Chicago) Mar. 43/2 I followed the exercise religiously..regarding reps, sets, rhythm, and so forth.
1969 F. Ryan Weight Training 57 As you become stronger, you are going to find that doing the three sets of eight reps is easier. Keep the same amount of weight but increase the reps to nine.
1985 Marathon & Distance Runner Dec. 41/3 You have not only got to become more mentally tuned to do a lot more longer reps but you have got to start thinking like a 5000 metre runner too.
2007 Club (Wentworth Club) No. 3. 7/2 Light weights, low reps, high carbs, spinning classes..confused yet? Gideon will be on hand to answer all your questions about getting and staying in good shape.
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repn.6adj.2
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ Textiles.
A. n.6
A plain-weave fabric (usually of wool, silk, or cotton) with a ribbed surface, used esp. for draperies and upholstery. Cf. repped adj. 1, reps n. and cotton rep n. at cotton n.1 Compounds 3.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > ribbed or corded
cord1776
reps1816
rep1858
1858 Liverpool Mercury 27 Apr. 1/3 (advt.) All the new French, German, and British Goods, in Silk and Woollen Damasks, Tournay Velvets, Repps, Chintzes, &c.
1860 E. C. Gaskell Right at Last 11 What should make you think I care so much for rep in preference to moreen?
1894 S. Baring-Gould Queen of Love I. 75 Rab..raised the red repp that covered the barrier.
1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale ii The curtains were of a heavy red rep.
1955 E. Ostick Draper's Encycl. 67 The true repp is made in the plain weave, with thick and thin yarns arranged alternately in both warp and weft.
1986 House & Garden July 99/3 The sofas are covered in an Indian silk tweed, with Indian rep from Brook London on the chairs and ottoman.
B. adj.2
Made or upholstered using rep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > ribbed or corded
ribbed1742
corded1758
rep1860
repped1861
grosgrained1927
1860 Ipswich Jrnl. 1 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) Imperial Droguet Repp Dresses, from 18s. 9d.
1866 Cambr. Union Soc. 42 This room is covered with a fine Brussels carpet and with dark maroon repp curtains and looks very comfortable.
1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 538/2 The green rep parlour suites.
1933 F. Horner Time Remembered 65 A morning-room with a beautiful old green Chinese paper; the dining-room, with family portraits and red rep curtains.
1960 J. R. Ackerley We think World of You 93 The inadequate, stained rep curtains were pinned across the front window as usual.
1996 S. King Desperation i. iv. 117 It had probably all rubbed off by the time he was a sophomore at Exeter or Choate or wherever he'd gone to wear his blazers and rep ties.
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repn.8
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
1.
a. The style of theatre characterized by the performance of plays or other dramatic performances from a repertoire, in which the work performed changes at regular short intervals; repertory theatre. Frequently in rep. Cf. repertory n. 3b.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre
little theatre1569
private house1604
private playhouse1609
amphitheatre1611
private theatre1633
droll-house1705
summer theatre1761
show shop1772
national theatre1816
minor1821
legitimate1826
patent house1827
patent theatre1836
showboat1839
music theatre1849
penny-gaff1856
saloon theatre1864
leg shop1871
people's theatre1873
nickelodeon1888
repertory theatre1891
studio theatre1891
legit1897
blood-tub1906
rep1906
small-timer1910
grind house1923
theatrette1927
indie1928
vaude1933
straw hat1935
theatre-in-the-round1948
straw-hatter1949
bughouse1952
theatre-restaurant1958
dinner theatre1959
theatre club1961
black box1971
pub theatre1971
performance space1972
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatic performance > regular succession from stock of plays
repertory1903
rep1906
1906 Puck (N.Y.) 1 Aug. 6/1 ‘I'm always glad to meet a journalist of your type,’ said the leading man of the Bernice Benson ten-twent-thirt ‘rep’ company.
1914 D. Hines & H. P. Hanaford Who's Who in Music & Drama 79/1 Appeared with Mr. Haworth in rep. the rest of the season.
1959 Manch. Guardian 30 Jan. 7/1 She has returned to ‘weekly rep.’, producing for a sound but as yet undistinguished company which must perform potboilers for most of the year.
1977 J. Richards Swordsmen of Screen ii. 34/1 He moved into Rep and, spotted in a performance of French Without Tears, was signed to a seven-year contract by Fox.
1989 Blitz Jan. 33/3 We're supposed to have..all these thesps languishing in rep, but we don't seem to make use of them.
2007 Time Out N.Y. 19 July 146/3 The show runs in rep with Harriet Spitzer-Picker's production of Sophocles' civil tragedy, about unburied corpses and the women who love them.
b. A theatre or company which features or performs works from a repertoire. Cf. repertory company n., repertory theatre n. at repertory n. Compounds.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > company of actors > types of company
commonwealth1811
fit-up1864
stock company1864
repertory company1885
road company1885
stock1916
playshop1926
repertory1933
theatre workshop1945
rep1959
1959 Times 5 Jan. 12/2 While the productions are out of Oxford we let the theatre to local societies, visiting reps or small-cost tours.
1966 Tulane Drama Rev. 11 159 A protracted period of togetherness (at a rep, for instance) creates an accidental union between people, but this isn't the same thing as actors coiled and sprung in relation to one another.
1980 R. Baskerville in T. Jackson Learning through Theatre 66 In a rep. you are cut off from the audience.
2001 Guardian 23 Mar. i. 18/2 Not so much a rep as a total theatre-machine, Northern Stage specialises in techno-drama for the digital age.
2. = repertoire n. 2.
ΚΠ
1914 D. Hines & H. P. Hanaford Who's Who in Music & Drama 230/1 Presenting a rep. of popular plays, ranging from tragedy to comic opera.
1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. ii. 283 Each member of the troupe prided himself..on having a large répertoire, known always as a ‘rep’.
1969 K. Tynan Let. 8 May (1994) vi. 449 In fact, I doubt if any of them—except ‘Courage’—would have entered the rep without my plugging.
1978 T. Babe Taken in Marriage (1979) 17 And I perform. On a day without cigarettes, there's a high C there in my rep.
2002 D. Grote Best Actors in World ii. 30 [Henry VI] may have entered the company rep while they were still at Cross Keys.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, as rep company, rep production, rep theatre, etc.
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1906‘Rep’ company [see sense 1a].
1925 Amer. Speech 1 36/2 A rep show is made up of players with a repertoire of plays.
1949 K. Tynan Let. 17 Aug. (1994) iii. 171 The first thing one looks for in a weekly rep actor is his ability to learn lines quickly.
1977 R. Barnard Death on High C's ii. 18 You're back with..the same old rep production.
1992 New Republic 20 Apr. 34/1 Originally it was set in an English provincial rep theater; here it's transposed to America.
2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 171/1 He has received the..Seal of Approval from those kings of cool Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, becoming a fixture of their rep troupe.
C2.
rep-goer n. a person who frequents repertory theatre; cf. theatre-goer n. at theatre n. Compounds 2.
ΚΠ
1971 Guardian 27 Sept. 10/1 Faithful and ageing Rep-goers.
2008 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 12 Feb. f5 Rep-goers may recall his work on one of the most outstanding productions in the theater's history, ‘Old Wicked Songs’.
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repn.9
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ Physics.
A unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to the quantity that will release the same amount of energy in human tissue as will one roentgen of X-rays in air. Cf. rem n.1The corresponding SI unit is the gray (gray n.): 1 rep is about 9.3 milligrays.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > units of radioactivity > as dosage
Sievert unit1945
rem1947
rep1947
Sievert1977
1947 Nucleonics Oct. 38/2 If the energy lost by ionization in the tissues is the same as the energy loss for one roentgen of gamma radiation absorbed in air, the dose is spoken of as one roentgen-equivalent-physical (abbreviated ‘rep’). [Note] The rep and rem units were introduced by Dr. H. M. Parker.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 211/1 A dose of 200 reps, such as many Hiroshima survivors must have received, would probably have caused each of their offspring to inherit..at least one mutation.
1973 H. J. Muller Mod. Concept Nature 81 Even five reps of neutrons, applied to spermatozoa, may be estimated to induce inherited abortion.
1995 W. J. Stadelman in W. J. Stadelman & O. J. Cotterill Egg Sci. & Technol. (ed. 4) xvii. 468 Exposure of eggs to 100,000 reps of β-rays resulted in an immediate loss of albumen structure.
2002 M. S. Gerber Home Front (ed. 2) vi. 147 DuPont measured values as high as 2 full rep per hour in some disposal wells by August 1946.
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repadj.1n.7
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ U.S. Politics.
= republican adj. 3a. Also as n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > favouring specific principles or policies
federal1787
anti-federal1788
rep1812
dough-faced1820
republican1854
hunkerish1857
unreconstructed1865
reservationist1919
America First1925
McCarthyite1952
1812 Niles' Reg. 2 239/2 Mr. Dana (rep.) has been elected speaker of the senate by a large majority.
1817 Niles' Reg. 12 303/2 The rep. candidate, Mr. Storer, had 87 votes.
1868 Putnam's Mag. May 641/1 The application..was denied by the Senate by yeas 11 (dems.), and nays 31 (reps.), a strict party vote.
1907 Little Sketches of Big Folks Minnesota 1907 127/1 Nominee of the Rep party for governor of Minn [i.e. Minneapolis] 1898.
1948 Sat. Evening Post 23 Oct. 152/1 We hated to see him get into that argument out West over whether the Reps. or the Dems. had spent more money on land reclamation.
2002 Boston Globe (Nexis) 3 Nov. (Globe West section) 1 I think people see the rep. ticket and look at the mess on Beacon Hill and they want to see change.
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repv.1
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ colloquial.
1. intransitive. To act as a representative for.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as delegate or deputy [verb (intransitive)]
to keep (a person's) steadc1450
vicariate1827
deputize1869
substitute1888
to stand in1904
rep1922
1922 H. G. Evarts Settling of Sage v. 85 The new foreman called, and the man who repped for the Halfmoon D dropped out.
1945 Billboard 31 Mar. 6/4 Bill Koplovitz..repped for WDSU at [the] hearing and apparently made a good case for his client.
a1961 E. Yates in Webster (at cited word) Inquired what brand we were repping for.
1993 Rolling Stone (Electronic text) 18 Mar. Students repping for PolyGram handle acts on AM, Mercury, Motown and the independent labels Morgan Creek and Megaforce.
2. transitive. To act as a representative for (a person, organization, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)]
spelec960
representc1390
to bear the person of?1533
reprehend1598
act1651
personate1651
rep1951
1951 Atlanta (Georgia) Daily World 1 Feb. 2/1 His newly formed American International Orchestra..consists of 140 musicians repping about 35 countries.
1975 Broadcast 14 July 10/2 Capital, Clyde and City have decided to raise their [advertising] rates... BMS..reps all three stations.
2006 Metro (Toronto) 8 Nov. 38/2 [The] celebrity divorce lawyer..has repped a number of celebs.
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repv.2
/rɛp/, U.S. /rɛp/ transitive and intransitive. In the instructions of a knitting or sewing pattern: to repeat (a row, stitch, or sequence of stitches).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > manufacture textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > knit > repeat stitches
rep1951
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > knit > processes involved in
purla1825
rib1837
to cast on1840
increase1840
slip1840
turn1846
toe1856
to knock over1875
to cast off1880
land1885
rep1951
raschel1970
1951 D. M. Beckett Knitted Garments for Family 6 With No. 12 needles and double wool cast on 121 stitches. Continuing in single wool, rib as follows:- p.1, *k.1, p.1, rep. from * to end.
1957 J. Norbury & M. Agutter Odhams Encycl. Knitting 35/1 Rep. rows 1 to 4 inclusive to form the pattern.
1970 M. Hamilton-Hunt Knitting Dict. 127 Rep the last row.
2007 Spin-off Spring 44 Work in seed stitch (all rows = *k1, p1; rep from * across and end with k1) for 5 rows.
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