reduplicate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to repeat, copy, or double something

   The factory can reduplicate the pattern on every tile.

2. 2
   verb

   to form a word or grammatical element by repeating all or part of another form

   Some languages reduplicate a syllable to mark plurality.

3. 3
   adj

   repeated or doubled in form

   The poem's reduplicate phrases create a steady rhythm.

From Latin reduplicare, ‘to double again,’ built from re- and duplicare, ‘to double.’ In linguistics, it acquired the specialized sense of repeating a whole form or part of one.

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