English

Verb

replicate ‎(third-person singular simple present replicates, present participle replicating, simple past and past participle replicated)

1. To make a copy (replica) of.

   On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.‎

2. (sciences) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
   • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:

     [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.

3. (obsolete) To reply.

Related terms

• replica
• replicability
• replicant
• replication
• replicative
• replicator
• reply

Translations

Noun

replicate ‎(plural replicates)

1. an outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica

Adjective

replicate ‎(comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)

1. (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

   a replicate leaf or petal

   the replicate margin of a shell

External links

• replicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• replicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Verb

replicate

1. second-person plural present of replicare
2. second-person plural imperative of replicare

Latin

Verb

replicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of replicō