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

Synonyms for reiterate

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See repeat.

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Related Words for reiterative

boring, ceaseless, constant, continual, dull, insistent, iterative, monotonous, repeated, repetitious, uninteresting, verbose

Examples from the Web for reiterative

Historical Examples of reiterative

He was equally particular and reiterative in his account of his slow recovery.
Captain Ravenshaw
Robert Neilson Stephens
It is this reiterative nature which, joined to its schematic definiteness, gives Empathy its extraordinary power over us.
The Beautiful
Vernon Lee
A sense of fear inspired by no facts but by the reiterative rhetoric of the press swept the city.
Gargoyles
Ben Hecht
When she awoke next morning raindrops were beating a reiterative plaint against the window, and the sound seemed very beautiful.
Missy
Dana Gatlin

British Dictionary definitions for reiterative

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 reiterative

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.