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noun

Reduplication n.

The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

(Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

(Philol.) 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.

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Etymology of 'Reduplication'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reduplication" Quotes from Famous Books

... inscriptions. For the latter, a Semitic etymology is forthcoming, and we may therefore regard it as representing a real pronunciation, and not an ideographic writing. Babbar, a contracted form from Barbar, is the reduplication of the same stem bar[56] that we have already met with, in the name of the temple sacred to Shamash. Like E-babbara, therefore, Babbar is the "brilliantly shining one,"—a most appropriate name for the sun, and ...

— The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria • Morris Jastrow

... than the text, 'A steadfast mind Thou keepest in perfect peace, because it trusteth in Thee.' If this, then, be the true meaning of the words, you observe that it is the steadfast mind, steadfast because it trusts, which God keeps In the deep peace that is expressed by the reduplication ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah and Jeremiah • Alexander Maclaren

... are reduplicated in two ways: (a) by reduplication of the first syllable: liu, liliu; bae, babae; (b) by repetition of the whole word: gwou, gwougwou. There is no difference between the various forms beyond an intensification in meaning. In the vocabulary the reduplicated form ...

— Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language • Walter G. Ivens

Words linked to "Reduplication" : reiteration, repeating, anadiplosis, repetition