/ ˌriːˈdjuːplɪkeɪt; NAmE -ˈdu:-/ verb
[ v , vn ] to make a copy of sth in order to form another of the same kind :
These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from late Latin reduplicat- , doubled again, from the verb reduplicare , from re- again + duplicare ( from duplic- twofold, from duo two + plicare to fold).