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Webster 1913 Edition
Reduplication
Re-duˊpli-ca′tion
(-k?sh?n)
, Noun.
[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.)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Reduplication
REDUPLICA'TION
,Noun.