GEMINATE

I. adjective Etymology: Latin geminatus, past participle of geminare to double, from geminus twin Date: 15th century arranged in pairs ; duplicate , being a sequence of identical speech sounds (as in meanness or Italian notte \\ˈnȯt-te\\ “night”), II. verb (-nated; -nating) Date: circa 1637 transitive verb to make ~, intransitive verb to be or become ~, gemination noun