Reduplicate

Word REDUPLICATE
Character 11
Hyphenation re du pli cate
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Reduplicate"

What do we mean by reduplicate?

To repeat over and again; redouble. intransitive verb

To double (the initial syllable or all of a root word) to produce an inflectional or derivational form. intransitive verb

To form (a new word) by doubling all or part of a word. intransitive verb

To be doubled. intransitive verb

Doubled. adjective

To double again; multiply; repeat.

In philology, to repeat, as a syllable or the initial part of a syllable (usually a root-syllable). See reduplication.

In philology, to be doubled or repeated; undergo reduplication: as, reduplicating verbs.

Redoubled; repeated; reduplicative.

In botany:

Valvate, with the edges folded back so as to project outward: said of petals and sepals in one form of estivation.

Describing an estivation so characterized. Also reduplicative.

Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated. adjective

Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the �stivation of certain flowers. adjective

To redouble; to multiply; to repeat. transitive verb

To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3. transitive verb

Doubled adjective

To repeat a word or section of a word in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions. verb

Form by reduplication verb

To double again: to multiply: to repeat.

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.

A linguistic term for repeating a word twice. Generally emphasizes the duplicated word, but American slang uses it to indicate that the word is being used in its truest or most specialized sense. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Reduplicate

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The word "reduplicate" in example sentences

At that point, it would be perfectly understandable that some dialects would adopt a new form like *ōl-ōl- or something similar simply because /l/ was the only consonant left to reduplicate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I won't try to reduplicate his work, but let me just throw one quote at you from Ian Fishback. ❋ David (2006)

As Baudrillard would have seen it, neither Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Gonzalez or their cronies would have had to imitate or reduplicate or parody what they wanted to hide. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then the exact same thing would obviously happen in the reduplicate d perfect. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The one and only problem is whether we can give an account of the Incarnation that allows us to reduplicate in this way. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There are similar processes in many other languages, like the English example where you reduplicate the word but change the initial of the reduplicated form to d- killer-diller, super-duper, etc. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Guermantes invariably proceed to curtail or reduplicate syllables. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Again, as their bond is supposed to reduplicate upon the national covenants, and so to bind to every article in them, by native consequence, they swear to a prelatical government: for seeing they have made no exception in their bond, it must be applied to no other, but the government, which presently exists; and this, in flat contradiction to the covenants, by which such a government is abjured. ❋ The Reformed Presbytery (N/A)

The same reasons, moreover, which induced the Master to reduplicate his lesson demands that we should also reduplicate ours: it is our part both in matter and in method to follow his steps. ❋ William Arnot (N/A)

I will content myself with a personal doubt as to whether _John_ and _Jill_ will quite reduplicate their former triumph -- and that for various reasons, not least because (for purposes of sequel, I suppose) even _Jill_ herself has been permitted so grave a lapse from the attitude of stand-anything-so-long-as - it's-slummy-enough that so endeared her to her former public. ❋ Various (N/A)

If we consider _Rehâteur_ to be the reduplicate of _Hâteur_, we have only to make an allowable permutation of vowels, and the result will be the expressive old English word "Rehetour," an appropriate name for the royal turnspit. ❋ Various (N/A)

The Pres. and Imperf. reduplicate with ι the initial consonant, ❋ James Strong (N/A)

Stella's mother had closed Bellemeade for the year, however, and they were to spend the winter in Lichfield; and Stella, to reduplicate her phrase, promised to "think it over very seriously." ❋ James Branch Cabell (1918)

Now every university is an expression of national life, and must be an instrument of service for its own people, and therefore cannot be expected to reduplicate or copy any other university. ❋ Unknown (1913)

All the forces of the Seminary are used to reduplicate the influence of the Foundation. ❋ John Wesley Edward (1896)

His titles are "king of the Abyss, creator of everything, lord of all," the first being seemingly due to the fact that Aa is a word which may, in its reduplicate form, mean "waters," or if read ❋ Theophilus Goldridge Pinches (1895)

A description of the different rites would be to reduplicate an account of indecencies, of which the least vile is too esoteric to sketch faithfully. ❋ Edward Washburn Hopkins (1894)

He has written a great history of the United States before the Constitution, so that no author has felt called on or equipped to reduplicate his task in the same detail and manner. ❋ Unknown (1892)

Why may not thought's mission be to increase and elevate, rather than simply to imitate and reduplicate, existence? ❋ William James (1876)

"[Your cousin] [kissed] you? You mean, like a _kiss_ kiss?" "Was it a _date_ date or just [a date]?" ❋ Timecube (2004)

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