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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REDU'PLICATE, v.t. [L. reduplico; re and duplico. See Duplicate.]
To double.
REDUPLICATE, a. Double.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" [syn: reduplicate, geminate]
2: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Late Latin reduplicatus, past participle of reduplicare, from Latin re- + duplicare to double — more at duplicate Date: circa 1570 1. to make or perform again ; copy, repeat 2. to form (a word) by reduplication • reduplicate adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 make double. 2 repeat. 3 repeat (a letter or syllable or word) exactly or with a slight change (e.g. hurly-burly, see-saw). Derivatives: reduplication n. reduplicative adj. Etymology: LL reduplicare (as RE-, DUPLICATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reduplicate Re*du"pli*cate (r?*d?"pl?*k?t), a. [Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble.] 1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated. 2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the ?stivation of certain flowers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reduplicate Re*du"pli*cate (-k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL. reduplicare.] 1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat. 2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Redouble, repeat, multiply, double again.