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re⋅it⋅er⋅ate

  [ree-it-uh-reyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
Origin:
1520–30; < L reiterātus, ptp. of reiterāre to repeat, equiv. to re- re- + iterāre to repeat, deriv. of iterum again; see -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅it⋅er⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅it⋅er⋅a⋅tion, noun
re⋅it⋅er⋅a⋅tive  [ree-it-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] , adjective

Synonyms:
See repeat.
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re·it·er·ate   (rē-ĭt'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing, re·it·er·ates
To say or do again or repeatedly. See Synonyms at repeat.
re·it'er·a'tion n., re·it'er·a'tive (-ə-rā'tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj., re·it'er·a'tive·ly adv., re·it'er·a'tor n.
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Reiterate

Re*it"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reiterated (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reiterating.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r['e]it['e]rer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. --Milton.

You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. --Shak.

Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

Reiterate

Re*it"er*ate\ (-?t), a. Reiterated; repeated. [R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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reiterate 
1526, from L. reiteratus, pp. of reiterare "to repeat," from re- "again" + iterare "to repeat," from iterum "again."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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