1. To repeat over and again; redouble. 2.Linguisticsa. To double (the initial syllable or all of a root word) to produce an inflectional or derivational form. b. To form (a new word) by doubling all or part of a word.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To be doubled.
ADJECTIVE:
(-pl-kt) Doubled.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin reduplicre, reduplict- : Latin re-, re- + Latin duplicre, to duplicate; see duplicate.
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