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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