[re.du.pli.ca.tion] n (1555) 1: an act or instance of doubling or reiterating
2. a: an often grammatically functional repetition of a radical element or a part of it occurring usu. at the beginning of a word and often accompanied by change of the radical vowel b (1): a word or form produced by reduplication (2): the repeated element in such a word or form
3: anadiplosis -- re.du.pli.ca.tive adj -- re.du.pli.ca.tive.ly adv