1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See
Reduplication,3.
REDUPLICATION Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-kshn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. (Philol.)
Defn: The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
REDUPLICATIVE
Re*du"pli*ca*tive (-k*tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réduplicatif.]
Defn: Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate. I. Watts.