iterance

[it-er-uhns]

noun

1. iteration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of iterance¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; iter(ant) + -ance

Example Sentences

The monotonous iterance of a little vesper bell somewhere in the valley, hidden by the orchard bowers, added the finishing touch.

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I know one who can evoke modern dramatic scenes by the mere iterance of the great musical names of the imagination.

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It became nonsense on the third iterance.

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The reader may himself live with a certain verse and be aware of it now and then merely as a teasing iterance that "From some odd corner of the mind Beats time to nothing in the brain."

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Thou, Theseus, wast a cloud, and I a cloud, Quickened from thee with such pervading flame, As that thou canst not now so part from me Without the fiery iterance of my heart.

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Related Words

• litany 
• recurrence 
• reiteration 
• repeat 
• rhythm