reduplicate

Definition of Reduplicate in English :

Verb

1. geminate, reduplicate

form by reduplication

Example Sentences:
'The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel'
'The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word'

geminate

2. double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate

make or do or perform again

Example Sentences:
'He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reduplicate

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verb (rɪˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt )

1.

to make or become double; repeat

2.

to repeat (a sound or syllable) in a word or (of a sound or syllable) to be repeated, esp in forming inflections in certain languages

adjective (rɪˈdjuːplɪkɪt )

3.

doubled or repeated

4.

(of petals or sepals) having the margins curving outwards

Reduplicate

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈdupliˌcated or reˈdupliˌcating

1.

to redouble, double, or repeat

2.

a.

to double (a root syllable or other element) so as to form an inflected or derived form of a word (as tom-tom), sometimes with certain changes, as of the vowel (as in chitchat)

b.

to form (words) by such doubling

verb intransitive

3.

to be or become reduplicated

adjective

4.

reduplicated; doubled

5.

valvate (sense 2) valvate (sense 2a)

noun

6.

something reduplicated

Reduplicate

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v. re·du·pli·cat·ed, re·du·pli·cat·ing, re·du·pli·cates

v.tr.

1. To repeat over and again; redouble.

2. Linguistics

a. To double (the initial syllable or all of a root word) to produce an inflectional or derivational form.

b. To form (a new word) by doubling all or part of a word.

v.intr.

To be doubled.

adj. (-plə-kĭt)

Doubled.

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