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reduplicate definition

re·du·pli·cate (ri do̵̅o̅′plə kāt′, -dyo̵̅o̅′-; for adj. & n., usually, -kit)

transitive verb reduplicated -·cat′ed, reduplicating -·cat′·ing

  1. to redouble, double, or repeat
    1. to double (a root syllable or other element) so as to form an inflected or derived form of a word (as tom-tom), sometimes with certain changes, as of the vowel (as in chitchat)
    2. to form (words) by such doubling

Etymology: < LL reduplicatus, pp. of reduplicare: see re- & duplicate

intransitive verb

to be or become reduplicated

adjective

  1. reduplicated; doubled
  2. valvate (sense )

noun

something reduplicated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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