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re⋅du⋅pli⋅cate

  [v. ri-doo-pli-keyt, -dyoo-; adj. ri-doo-pli-kit, -keyt, -dyoo-] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to double; repeat.
2. 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.”
–verb (used without object)
3. to become doubled.
4. Grammar. to become reduplicated.
–adjective
5. doubled.
Origin:
1560–70; < LL reduplicātus (ptp. of reduplicāre), equiv. to L re- re- + duplic(āre) to double + -ātus -ate 1 (see duplicate )
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re·du·pli·cate   (rĭ-dōō'plə-kāt', -dyōō'-)   
v.   re·du·pli·cat·ed, re·du·pli·cat·ing, re·du·pli·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To repeat over and again; redouble.
  2. Linguistics
    1. To double (the initial syllable or all of a root word) to produce an inflectional or derivational form.
    2. To form (a new word) by doubling all or part of a word.
v.   intr.
To be doubled.
adj.   (-plə-kĭt)
Doubled.

[Late Latin reduplicāre, reduplicāt- : Latin re-, re- + Latin duplicāre, to duplicate; see duplicate.]
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Reduplicate

Re*du"pli*cate\ (r?*d?"pl?*k?t), a. [Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble.]

1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.

2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the ?stivation of certain flowers.

Reduplicate

Re*du"pli*cate\ (-k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL. reduplicare.]

1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.
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reduplicate 
1570, from M.L. reduplicatus, pp. of reduplicare "to redouble," from re- "back, again" + L. duplicare "to double" (see duplicate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: re·du·pli·cate
Pronunciation: ri-'d(y)ü-pli-"kAt, 'rE-
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to undergo reduplication reduplicate>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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