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Webster 1913 Edition


Ingeminate

In-gem′i-nate

,
Adj.
[L.
ingeminatus
, p. p.]
Redoubled; repeated.
Jer. Taylor.

In-gem′i-nate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ingeminated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ingeminating
.]
[L.
ingeminatus
, p. p. of
ingeminare
to double; pref.
in-
in +
geminare
. See
Geminate
.]
To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.
Clarendon.
. . . She yet
ingeminates

The last of sounds, and what she hears relates.
Sandys.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ingeminate

INGEM'INATE

,
Adj.
[L. ingeminatus.] Redoubled.

INGEM'INATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ingemino; in and gemino.]
To double or repeat.

Definition 2024


ingeminate

ingeminate

English

Verb

ingeminate (third-person singular simple present ingeminates, present participle ingeminating, simple past and past participle ingeminated)

  1. To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:
      we found a black pavillion; in it three old Arabians; who, out of their Alcoran ingeminated a dolefull requiem to their Brothers carcasse, over which they sat [...].

Related terms

Adjective

ingeminate (comparative more ingeminate, superlative most ingeminate)

  1. redoubled
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  2. reiterated

Latin

Participle

ingemināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ingeminātus