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Meaning of 'reduplicate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reduplicate [ a.]
- Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
- Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the /stivation of certain flowers.
2 . Reduplicate [ v. t.]
- To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
- To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.

Meaning of 'reduplicate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reduplicate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make or do or perform again
Example in sentence:
  • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick
Meaning (2):
- form by reduplication
Example in sentence:
  • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel;
  • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word

Nearby Words:

red red-gum red-hand red-handed red-hot red-letter red-riband red-short red-tailed red-tape

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