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iterate

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it·er·ate  (t-rt)
tr.v. it·er·at·ed, it·er·at·ing, it·er·ates
To say or perform again; repeat. See Synonyms at repeat.

[Latin iterre, itert-, from iterum, again; see i- in Indo-European roots.]

iterate
Verb
[-ating, -ated] to say or do again [Latin iterum again]
iteration n
iterative adj
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Verb1.iterate - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
perseverate - psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated"
ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
harp, dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
paraphrase, rephrase, reword - express the same message in different words
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume - give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
quote, cite - repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
2.iterate - run or be performed again; "the function iterates"
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
recur, repeat - happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"

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But there is no such gain of time, as to iterate often the state of the question; for it chaseth away many a frivolous speech, as it is coming forth.
I must iterate that I had this thought in the midst of my dreaming, and I take it as an evidence of the merging of my two personalities, as evidence of a point of contact between the two disassociated parts of me.
Joan and David--partners," Tudor began to iterate and reiterate in a malicious and scornful chant.
 
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