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||I"ter (?), n. [L. See Eyre.] (Anat.) A passage; esp., the passage ||between the third and fourth ventricles in the brain; the aqueduct of ||Sylvius. || It"er*a*ble (?), a. [L. iterabilis. See Iterate.] Capable of being iterated or repeated. [Obs.]

It"er*ance (?), n. Iteration. [Obs.]

It"er*ant (?), a. [L. iterans, p. pr. of iterare.] Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon.

It"er*ate (?), a. [L. iteratus, p. p. of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a compar. from the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so, item likewise, also, Skr. itara other, iti thus. Cf. Identity, Item.] Uttered or done again; repeated. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.

It"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iterated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Iterating.] To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice.

Nor Eve to iterate Her former trespass feared.

Milton.

It"er*ate (?), adv. By way of iteration.

It`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. iteratio.] Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon.

What needs this iteration, woman?

Shak.

It"er*a*tive (?), a. [L. iterativus: cf. F. itératif.] Repeating. Cotgrave. -- It"er*a*tive*ly, adv.

Ith`y*phal"lic (?), a. [L. ithyphallicus, fr. ithyphallus, Gr. &?;, membrum virile erectum, or a figure thereof carried in the festivals of Bacchus.] Lustful; lewd; salacious; indecent; obscene.

I*tin"er*a*cy (?), n. The act or practice of itinerating; itinerancy.

I*tin"er*an*cy (?), n. [See Itinerant.]

1. A passing from place to place. Dr. H. More.

2. A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty.

I*tin"er*ant (?), a. [LL. itinerans, -antis, p. pr. of itinerare to make a journey, fr. L. iter, itineris, a walk, way, journey. See Errant, Issue.] Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.

The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

Blackstone.

I*tin"er*ant, a. One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.

Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town.

Hudibras.

I*tin"er*ant*ly, adv. In an itinerant manner.

I*tin"er*a*ry (?), a. [L. itinerarius: cf. F. itinéraire. See Itinerant.] Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

It was rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.

Bacon.

I*tin"er*a*ry, n.; pl. Itineraries (#). [L. itinerarium: cf. F. itinéraire. See Itinerary, a.] An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.

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