repetition
Roget category 104
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.5. Number
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#104.
Repetition
noun
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run —
battology,
tautology —
monotony,
tautophony —
rhythm
etc.
138 —
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain —
rehearsal —
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19 —
reverberation
etc.
408 —
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407 —
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale —
old story,
old song —
second edition,
new edition —
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.] —
periodicity
etc.
138.
verb
repeat,
iterate,
reiterate,
reproduce,
echo,
reecho,
drum,
harp upon,
battologize†,
hammer,
redouble.
recur,
revert,
return,
reappear,
recurse [Comp.] —
renew
etc.
(restore)
660.
rehearse —
do over again,
say over again —
ring the changes on —
harp on the same string —
din in the ear,
drum in the ear —
conjugate in all its moods tenses and conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions†,
begin again,
go over the same ground,
go the same round,
never hear the last of —
resume,
return to,
recapitulate,
reword.
adjective
repeated
etc.
v. —
repetitional†,
repetitionary† —
recurrent,
recurring —
ever recurring,
thick coming —
frequent,
incessant —
redundant,
pleonastic.
monotonous,
harping,
iterative,
recursive [Comp.],
unvaried —
mocking,
chiming —
retold —
aforesaid,
aforenamed† —
above-mentioned,
above-said —
habitual
etc.
613 —
another.
adverb
repeatedly,
often,
again,
anew,
over again,
afresh,
once more —
ding-dong,
ditto,
encore,
de novo,
bis†,
da capo [It].
again and again —
over and over,
over and over again —
recursively [Comp.] —
many times over —
time and again,
time after time —
year after year —
day by day
&c. —
many times,
several times,
a number of times —
many a time,
full many a time —
frequently
etc.
136.
phrase
ecce iterum Crispinus [Lat.] —
toujours perdrix [Fr.] —
cut and come again"
[Crabbe];
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"
[Macbeth];
cantilenam eandem canis [Lat.]
[Terence];
nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius [Lat.]
[Terence].
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