Re*du"pli*cate (r?*d?"pl?*k?t), a.
[Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf.
Redouble.] 1. Double; doubled;
reduplicative; repeated.
2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins
curved outwardly; -- said of the &?;stivation of certain
flowers.
Re*du"pli*cate (-k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL.
reduplicare.]
1. To redouble; to multiply; to
repeat.
2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter
or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.