REDUPLICATE

duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate

(verb) make or do or perform again; “He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick”

reduplicate, geminate

(verb) form by reduplication; “The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel”; “The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)

doubled

(botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly

(botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

Verb

reduplicate (third-person singular simple present reduplicates, present participle reduplicating, simple past and past participle reduplicated)

(transitive) To double again: to multiply: to repeat.

(transitive, linguistics) To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*du"pli*cate (r*d"pl*kt), a. Etym: [Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble.]

1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the

Re*du"pli*cate (-kt), v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. reduplicare.]

1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication,3.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

3 May 2024

TWIST

(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”


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