Reduplicate
//ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To double again: to multiply: to repeat. transitive
- 2 make or do or perform again wordnet
- 3 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. transitive
- 4 form by reduplication wordnet
Adjective
- 1 doubled
- 2 valvate with the margins curved outwardly
- 3 folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another
Etymology
From Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.
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