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re•du•pli•cate

Pronunciation: (v.ri-d'pli-kāt", -dy'-adj.ri-d'pli-kit, -kāt", -dy'-), [key]

— v., adj. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,

—v.t.

to double; repeat.
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.

—adj.

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