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Definition of reduplicate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

reduplicate

verb

NAmE//rɪˈdupləˌkeɪt//

[intransitive, transitive] reduplicate (something/itself)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reduplicate

he / she / it reduplicates

past simple reduplicated

-ing form reduplicating

to make a copy of something in order to form another of the same kind These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.

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