replica
[rep-li-kuh]
- a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- any close or exact copy or reproduction.
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Origin of replica
1815–25; < Italian: reply, repetition, derivative of replicare to repeat < Late Latin replicāre to reply
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
On the piano is a portrait of Lizzie, and replica skulls of the Bordens are displayed in the dining room.
The duchess sat at a replica radio to hear, learn about, and decipher morse code.
Perhaps Ham will dedicate a plank in the replica ark to his bowtied benefactor.
The new appellate trial was not a replica of the first two trials.
The Beatles Story Museum features a replica of the Cavern Club and a Fab 4D animated cinema show.
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Historical Examples
Every draw was like its neighbor, every rolling rise a replica of the next.
Oh, You Tex!William Macleod Raine
His Nell had left him in his daughter Nelly a replica of herself.
Mary GrayKatharine Tynan
When he asked her what she wanted she replied "a replica of himself."
A Portrait of Old George TownGrace Dunlop Ecker
A replica is a copy of a work of art by the maker of the original.
English Synonyms and AntonymsJames Champlin Fernald
Burroughs gazed at a replica of himself as he had been at Fort Macleod.
A Man of Two CountriesAlice Harriman
replica
- an exact copy or reproduction, esp on a smaller scale
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Word Origin
C19: from Italian, literally: a reply, from replicare to repeat, from Latin: to bend back, repeat
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Word Origin and History for replica
n.
1824, from Italian replica "copy, repetition, reply," from replicare "to duplicate," from Latin replicare "to repeat" (see reply (v.)). Properly, a copy of a work of art made by the original artist.
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