Category:Reduplication

Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-kshn), n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.