Definition of iterate
iterated
;iterating
transitive verb
: to say or do again or again and again : reiterate
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no matter how many times I iterate that this so-called prank is a bad idea, no one listens
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Greeeen was inspired by the Firebird Suite segment in Disney’s Fantasia 2000 — Yano likes the idea of putting them out with no barrier to entry, then iterating on the design with free updates.
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Origin and Etymology of iterate
Latin iteratus, past participle of iterare, from iterum again; akin to Latin is he, that, ita thus, Sanskrit itara the other, iti thus
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