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REDUPLICATING
Verb
reduplicating
present participle of reduplicate
Source: Wiktionary
REDUPLICATE
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
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