Geminate Definition
jĕmə-nāt
geminated, geminates, geminating
verb
geminated, geminates, geminating
To double.
American Heritage
To arrange in pairs; double.
Webster's New World
To become doubled or paired.
Webster's New World
To make into a geminate.
American Heritage
To occur in pairs.
Wiktionary
adjective
Growing or combined in pairs; coupled.
Webster's New World
noun
A long or doubled consonant sound, such as the tt in the Italian word sotto or the nn in the English word thinness.
American Heritage
Origin of Geminate
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From Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“I double”).
From Wiktionary
Latin gemināre gemināt- from geminus twin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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