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.
verb (used with object) 1. to ship (commodities) to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc. 2. to send or transmit (ideas, institutions, etc.) to another place, especially to another country. 3. Computers. to save (documents, data, etc.) in a format usable by another software program.