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reiterant

[ree-it-er-uhnt]

adjective

reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree: reiterant chatter.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin reiterant- (stem of reiterāns), present participle of reiterāre. See reiterate, -ant

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reiterate (riːˈɪtəˌreɪt)

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

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

re'iterant

—*adj*

reiter'ation

—n

re'iterative

—*adj*

re'iteratively

—*adv*

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