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reduplicate

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/

The English word “reduplicate” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. doubled
  2. valvate with the margins curved outwardly
  3. folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

verb

  1. To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
  2. To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin reduplicātus, from reduplicāre, from re- with duplicāre.

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