reiterate
[ree-it-uh-reyt]
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
Synonyms for reiterate
See repeat.
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Related Words for reiterative
boring, ceaseless, constant, continual, dull, insistent, iterative, monotonous, repeated, repetitious, uninteresting, verboseExamples from the Web for reiterative
Historical Examples of reiterative
He was equally particular and reiterative in his account of his slow recovery.
Captain RavenshawRobert Neilson Stephens
It is this reiterative nature which, joined to its schematic definiteness, gives Empathy its extraordinary power over us.
The BeautifulVernon Lee
A sense of fear inspired by no facts but by the reiterative rhetoric of the press swept the city.
GargoylesBen Hecht
When she awoke next morning raindrops were beating a reiterative plaint against the window, and the sound seemed very beautiful.
MissyDana Gatlin
reiterate
verb
Word Origin for reiterate
C16: from Latin reiterāre to repeat, from re- + iterāre to do again, from iterum again
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