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reduplication

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REDUPLICATION

n.The act of doubling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.