*peat*

v. t. To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of. Gov. Winthrop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pet a fondling. ] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. bētan to better, mend (a fire), bōt advantage. See Better, Boot advantage. ] A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss. --
Peat moss. (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat. (b) A fen producing peat. (c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows abundantly in boggy or peaty places. --
Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with peat as fuel. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Composed of peat; abounding in peat; resembling peat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating. ] [ F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. “I will repeat our former communication.” Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [ Obs. ] Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). [ 1913 Webster ]

To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. --
To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [ U.S. ] (e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]