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Definition of: reduplicate
(ri·d
′plə·kāt, -dy′-) v. ·cat·ed, ·cat·ing v.t.
1. To repeat again and again; redouble; iterate.
2. Ling. To affix a reduplication to.
—v.i.
3. To undergo reduplication.
—adjective (-kit)
1. Repeated again and again; duplicated; doubled.
2. Bot. Valvate with the margins reflexed. [<L reduplicatus, pp. of reduplicare <re- again + duplicare. See DUPLICATE.]
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