rewind
v.v. to move a video or audio recording back to an earlier part. You do this when you want to watch or hear something again.
v. to cause a recorded medium, such as film or tape, to move backward to a previous point in the sequence. Often used figuratively to refer to returning to an earlier moment in time.
Can you rewind the video so I can see that part again?
The teacher had to rewind the recording several times because the audio quality was poor and the students couldn't understand the dialogue.
In the digital age, the physical act of rewinding has been replaced by instant seeking, yet the terminology persists as a linguistic relic of the era of magnetic tape.
From re- + wind.
The verb is transitive when used with a recording as the object, but can be used intransitively to describe the action of the machine.
I need to rewind back the tapeI need to rewind the tapeThe word 'rewind' already contains the meaning of moving 'back', so adding the word 'back' is redundant.