Thesaurus: reduplication

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1. n. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. n. A word/figure">figure in which the word/first">first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. n. The word/doubling">doubling of a word/stem">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.
4. n. repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
5. n. the word/syllable">syllable word/added">added in a reduplicated word form
6. n. a word word/formed">formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
7. n. the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
8. 1. The act of word/doubling">doubling, or the word/state">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.
9. The word/doubling">doubling of a word/stem">stem or syllable (more or less modified),with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying themeaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thusadded; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
10. n word/repetition">repetition of the word/final">final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next n the syllable added in a reduplicated word form n a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) n the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)