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reduplicate
[ verb ri-doo-pli-keyt, -dyoo-; adjective ri-doo-pli-kit, -keyt, -dyoo- ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.”
verb (used without object)
- to become doubled.
- Grammar. to become reduplicated.
adjective
- doubled.
reduplicate
verb
- 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
adjective
- doubled or repeated
- (of petals or sepals) having the margins curving outwards
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Derived Forms
- reˈduplicative, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reduplicate1
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Example Sentences
In the Mœso-Gothic, however, there was a true reduplicate form; in other words, a perfect tense as well as an aorist.
The reduplicate form, in other words, the perfect tense, is current in none of the Gothic languages except the Mœso-Gothic.
There are good grounds for believing that in the word did we have a single instance of the old reduplicate prterite.
The first is formed by a reduplication of the initial τ, and, consequently, may be called the reduplicate form.
Reduplicate, a rarer modification of valvate, is similar but with margins projecting outward.
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