[rep.li.cate] vb -cat.ed ; -cat.ing [LL replicatus, pp. of replicare] vt (15c): duplicate, repeat "~ a statistical experiment" ~ vi: to undergo replication: produce a replica of itself "virus particles replicating in cells"
[2]rep.li.cate adj (1922): manifold, repeated [3]rep.li.cate n (1929): one of several identical experiments, procedures, or samples