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). reduplication n. reduplicative adj.
[ LL reduplicare (as RE-, DUPLICATE) ]
REDUPLICATE
Meaning of REDUPLICATE in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012