reduplicate

Meanings

Verb

• form by reduplication
  • "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"
  • "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
• make or do or perform again
• To double again: to multiply: to repeat.
• To repeat (a word or part of a word) in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

Adj

• doubled
• valvate with the margins curved outwardly
• folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another

Synonyms

double, duplicate, geminate, repeat, replicate

Related Words

reduplication