reduplicate
to double; repeat.
Grammar. to form (a derivative or inflected form) by doubling a specified syllable or other portion of the primitive, sometimes with fixed modifications, as in Greek léloipa “I have left,” leípo “I leave.”
to become doubled.
Grammar. to become reduplicated.
doubled.
Origin of reduplicate
1Words that may be confused with reduplicate
- redouble, reduplicate
Words Nearby reduplicate
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How to use reduplicate in a sentence
In the Mœso-Gothic, however, there was a true reduplicate form; in other words, a perfect tense as well as an aorist.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamThe reduplicate form, in other words, the perfect tense, is current in none of the Gothic languages except the Mœso-Gothic.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamThere are good grounds for believing that in the word did we have a single instance of the old reduplicate prterite.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamThe first is formed by a reduplication of the initial τ, and, consequently, may be called the reduplicate form.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon Lathamreduplicate, a rarer modification of valvate, is similar but with margins projecting outward.
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British Dictionary definitions for reduplicate
to make or become double; repeat
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
doubled or repeated
(of petals or sepals) having the margins curving outwards
Derived forms of reduplicate
- reduplicative, adjective
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