reiterate

[ree-it-uh-reyt]

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verb (used with object), re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing.

to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

Origin of reiterate

1520–30; < Latin reiterātus, past participle of reiterāre to repeat, equivalent to re- re- + iterāre to repeat, derivative of iterum again; see -ate¹

Related formsre·it·er·a·ble, adjectivere·it·er·a·tion, nounre·it·er·a·tive

[ree-it-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] /riˈɪt əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv/, adjectiveun·re·it·er·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·it·er·at·ed, adjectiveun·re·it·er·at·ing, adjectiveun·re·it·er·a·tive, adjective

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See repeat.

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Related Words for reiterate

restate, renew, repeat, echo, rehash, ditto, recapitulate, recap, iterate, reprise, ingeminate, retell, double-check

Examples from the Web for reiterate

Contemporary Examples of reiterate

“I cannot reiterate enough that there is so much abuse that goes on in this place,” he asserted.
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay
Justin Jones
December 16, 2014
This, it should be said, gets to a broader point that is important to reiterate whenever elections are on the horizon.
Monica Who-insky? Why Clinton Attacks Won't Work this Time
Jamelle Bouie
February 10, 2014
Again, I must reiterate that the entertainment value of the video is not the point.
Rethinking Sam Horowitz’s Bar Mitzvah
Mira Sucharov
August 21, 2013
The first is to reiterate its support for the 1967 lines with swaps as a basis for talks.
Giving Talks The Best Chance Possible
Matt Duss
August 8, 2013
There are two primary heroes of this—as I must reiterate, entirely factual—story, both of them straight out of central casting.
World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together
Andrew Roberts
May 12, 2013

Historical Examples of reiterate

Again we reiterate, only the bold brush could have pleased them.
The Dramatic Values in Plautus
Wilton Wallace Blancke
Whatever you choose to call it, I reiterate you can expect good results.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
Melvin Powers
Daily they reiterate it, demonstrating it by arguments taken from all the sciences.
The Conquest of Bread
Peter Kropotkin
All he could do was to reiterate feebly: "It beats me—hanged if it don't!"
Walter and the Wireless
Sara Ware Bassett
The commodore again went on board to reiterate his proposition.
The Phantom Ship
Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for reiterate

reiterate

verb

(tr; may take a clause as object) to say or do again or repeatedly

Derived Formsreiterant, adjectivereiteration, nounreiterative, adjectivereiteratively, adverb

Word Origin for reiterate

C16: from Latin reiterāre to repeat, from re- + iterāre to do again, from iterum again

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Word Origin and History for reiterate

early 15c., "repeat again and again," from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare "to repeat," from re- "again" (see re-) + iterare "to repeat," from iterum "again" (see iteration). Related: Reiterated; reiterating.