reduplication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reduplication	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reduplication n repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next Synonym(s): anadiplosis, reduplication the syllable added in a reduplicated word form a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) Synonym(s): reduplication, reiteration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reduplication \Redu`plica"tion\ (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]duplication, 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.) 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.