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it⋅er⋅ate

  [it-uh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use iterate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to utter again or repeatedly.
2. to do (something) over again or repeatedly.
–verb (used without object)
3. to operate or be applied repeatedly, as a linguistic rule or mathematical formula.
Origin:
1525–35; < L iterātus, ptp. of iterāre to repeat, equiv. to iter- (s. of iterum) again + -ātus -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. reiterate, repeat, rehearse.
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it·er·ate   (ĭt'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   it·er·at·ed, it·er·at·ing, it·er·ates
To say or perform again; repeat. See Synonyms at repeat.

[Latin iterāre, iterāt-, from iterum, again; see i- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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