Reduplicate Definition
rĭ-do͝oplə-kāt, -dyo͝o-
reduplicated, reduplicates, reduplicating
verb
reduplicated, reduplicates, reduplicating
To redouble, double, or repeat.
Webster's New World
To be or become reduplicated.
Webster's New World
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)
Webster's New World
To form (words) by such doubling.
Webster's New World
To be doubled.
American Heritage
adjective
Reduplicated; doubled.
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Wiktionary
noun
Something reduplicated.
Webster's New World
Origin of Reduplicate
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Late Latin reduplicāre reduplicāt- Latin re- re- Latin duplicāre to duplicate duplicate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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