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Over :: Over (adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over..

Encore :: Encore (adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part..

Palilogy :: Palilogy (n.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, The living, the living, he shall praise thee..

Rondeau :: Rondeau (n.) A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule..

Reiterative :: Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally..

Anaphora :: Anaphora (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Palinode :: Palinode (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode..

Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..

Repetitional :: Repetitional (a.) Alt. of Repetitionar.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..

Frequentative :: Frequentative (a.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb..

Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..

Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Repeat :: Repeat (n.) The act of repeating; repetition.

Inculcate :: Inculcate (v. t.) To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility..

Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..

Replica :: Replica (v. & n.) Repetition.

Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Anadiplosis :: Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent..

Repetitioner :: Repetitioner (n.) One who repeats.

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