reduplicate
Adjective

reduplicate

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

reduplicate (reduplicates, present participle reduplicating; past and past participle reduplicated)

  1. (transitive) To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
  2. (transitive, linguistics) 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.
Related terms Translations
  • German: reduplizieren



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