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Webster 1913 Edition


Reduplicate

Re-du′pli-cate

(r?-d?′pl?-k?t)
,
Adj.
[Pref.
re-
+
duplicate
: cf. L.
reduplicatus
. Cf.
Redouble
.]
1.
Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
2.
(Bot.)
Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; – said of the [GREEK]stivation of certain flowers.

Re-du′pli-cate

(-k?t)
,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. LL.
reduplicare
.]
1.
To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
2.
(Gram.)
To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See
Reduplication
, 3.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reduplicate

REDU'PLICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. reduplico; re and duplico. See Duplicate.]
To double.

Definition 2024


reduplicate

reduplicate

English

Adjective

reduplicate (comparative more reduplicate, superlative most reduplicate)

  1. doubled
  2. (botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
  3. (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)

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

Related terms


Italian

Adjective

reduplicate f

  1. feminine plural of reduplicato

References

  1. reduplicate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).