from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
reduplication
n 1: repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the
beginning of the next [syn: {anadiplosis}, {reduplication}]
2: the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
3: a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech
sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
4: the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
[syn: {reduplication}, {reiteration}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reduplication \Re*du`pli*ca"tion\ (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]duplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
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2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the
same as the last word of the preceding verse.
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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.
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