reduplicate

Other forms: reduplicated; reduplicating; reduplicates

Definitions of reduplicate
  1. verb
    make or do or perform again
    synonyms: double, duplicate, repeat, replicate
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    types:
    copy, replicate
    reproduce or make an exact copy of
    recapitulate
    repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
    geminate
    form by reduplication
    type of:
    reproduce
    make a copy or equivalent of
  2. verb
    form by reduplication
    “The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel”
    “The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word”
    synonyms: geminate
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    type of:
    double, duplicate, repeat, replicate
    make or do or perform again
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