Historical Examples. 1  The commonest rhythmical licences are inversion of accent and initial truncation. 2  The harm of it is, first of all, this, that it is an inversion of the true order. 3  What is remarkable in the scenery is, that its sublimity is an inversion of the sublimity of almost all other grand scenery.
Word Origin & History. iterate 1533, to do again, repeat, back-formation from iteration (1477), from L. iterationem (nom. iteratio) repetition, noun of action from iterare do again, repeat, from iterum again.. To repeat these things in the ears of well read Catholics, is to iterate a thrice-told tale.
An iteration is a repetition of something. Your nagging friend's message might be lost on you after the umpteenth iteration. The noun iteration comes from the Latin verb iterum, which means again, which makes a lot of sense when you consider the meaning of the word, the act of repeating.. Donât get confused by the similar word reiteration, which essentially means the same thing. Either word is proper to use.