v. /ri dooh"pli kayt', -dyooh"-/ ; adj. /ri dooh"pli kit, -kayt', -dyooh"-/ , v. , reduplicated, reduplicating , adj.
v.t.
1. to double; repeat.
2. Gram. to form (a derivative or inflected form) by doubling a specified syllable or other portion of the primitive, sometimes with fixed modifications, as in Greek léloipa "I have left," leípo "I leave."
v.i.
3. to become doubled.
4. Gram. to become reduplicated.
adj.
5. doubled.
[ 1560-70; reduplicatus (ptp. of reduplicare ), equiv. to L re- RE- + duplic ( are ) to double + -atus -ATE 1 (see DUPLICATE) ]