verb (used with object), re·du·pli·cat·ed, re·du·pli·cat·ing.
- to double; repeat.
- Grammar. to form (a derivative or inflected form) by doubling a specified syllable or other portion of the primitive, sometimes with fixed modifications, as in Greek léloipa “I have left,” leípo “I leave.”
verb (used without object), re·du·pli·cat·ed, re·du·pli·cat·ing.
- to become doubled.
- Grammar. to become reduplicated.
adjective
- doubled.
verb (rɪˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪt)
- to make or become double; repeat
- to repeat (a sound or syllable) in a word or (of a sound or syllable) to be repeated, esp in forming inflections in certain languages
adjective (rɪˈdjuːplɪkɪt)
- doubled or repeated
- (of petals or sepals) having the margins curving outwards
1560s, from Medieval Latin reduplicatus, past participle of reduplicare “to redouble,” from re- “back, again” (see re-) + Latin duplicare “to double” (see duplicate (adj.)). Related: Reduplicated; reduplicating; reduplicative.