Middle English Dictionary Entry
repēten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | repēten v. P.ppl. repētite. |
| Etymology | OF repeter & L repetere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To repeat (sth.), reiterate; (b) to return (to sth.); turn again.
Associated quotations
a
- (1427) RParl.4.326a : Hit lyked you to..say, yat ye be protectour and defendour of yis Lond..the whiche..ye semblably repeted ye thridde day of yis present moneth of March.
- (1433) RParl.4.424b : My said Lord of Bedford had answered to ye Kyngs said desire..my said Lord of Bedford, on ye Wednesday next folwyng..repetyng his foresaid answere to ye remenant of ye Lordes of ye Kyngs Counseil, [etc.].
- (1451) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.292 : So woll that this my Protestation be made for, Repetite, Rehercid, and as for Made of New in euery Acte..the which..might touch the Premisses..in any wise.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Josh.(Bod 959)173/45 : We han demed..to repete [L repetere], as wiþ amanere of aȝeyn tornynge, to þe now longe left work.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.91 : The peple of Parthia..fiȝhte..feynenge oftetymes..to flee, and..repetenge, fiȝhte that thei may hurte men folowenge theym indiscretely.