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English Dictionary: Gemination by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gemination
n
  1. the doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect)
  2. the act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something; "this kind of duplication is wasteful"
    Synonym(s): duplication, gemination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gemination \Gem`i*na"tion\, n. [L. geminatio.]
      A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] --Boyle.
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