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To: MechanicalMethod who wrote (28)1/26/2002 3:57:53 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 117
 
re·it·er·ate (r-t-rt)
tr.v. re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing, re·it·er·ates
To say or do again or repeatedly. See Synonyms at repeat

re·peat (r-pt rpt)
v. re·peat·ed, re·peat·ing, re·peats
v. tr.
To say again: repeat a question.
To utter in duplication of another's utterance.
To recite from memory.
To tell to another.
To do, experience, or produce again: repeat past successes.
To express (oneself) in the same way or words: repeats himself constantly.


Nuthin' in there about changing what you repeat in a reiteration. The word you are looking for is "revision", which negates the full value of the original prediction if it required a change.