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The acute e is used in an open syllable (enfing in a vowel) while the grave e is found in closed syllables (ending in a consonant).
The infinitive répéter, for example, can be divided into ré-pé-ter and we have the open syllable pé so the acute letter stays since -ter has a pronounced -er.
Let's take the conjugated verb in the first person singular in the present tense, "je répète". The from can be divided into ré-pèt because the e after t is silent so the consonant simply gets absorbed into the previous syllable to make it a closed one.

Same with -es and -ent which are silent. But -ons and -ez are pronounced so we see the acute accent on e (répétons and répétez).