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Geminate   /dʒˈɛmənət/  /dʒˈɛmənˌeɪt/   Listen
Geminate

noun
1.
A doubled or long consonant.
verb
1.
Form by reduplication.  Synonym: reduplicate.  "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
2.
Occur in pairs.  Synonym: pair.
3.
Arrange in pairs.  Synonym: pair.
4.
Arrange or combine in pairs.





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"Geminate" Quotes from Famous Books



... — N. duplication; doubling &c v.; gemination, ingemination^; reduplication; iteration &c (repetition) 104; renewal. V. double, redouble, duplicate, reduplicate; geminate; repeat &c 104; renew &c 660. Adj. double; doubled &c v.; bicipital^, bicephalous^, bidental^, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular^, bifold^, biform^, bilateral; bifarious^, bifacial^; twofold, two-sided; disomatous^; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate^; second. Adv. twice, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... or ovate-oblong, as broad as the rachis, glabrous, closely imbricating in two rows (rarely in three or four rows), sessile or rarely geminate on ...
— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar


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