About The Word Geminate
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Geminate
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What's The Definition Of Geminate?
[n] a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
[v] arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words" [v] arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [v] occur in pairs [v] form by reduplication, as of sounds or morphemes of a word Synonyms | Synonyms for Geminate: pair | reduplicate Related Terms | Find terms related to Geminate: ambidextrous | bifacial | bifold | biform | bilateral | binary | binate | biparous | bivalent | conduplicate | copy | disomatous | ditto | double | double-faced | dual | dupe | duple | duplex | duplicate | geminated | ingeminate | Janus-like | multiply by two | redouble | reduplicate | repeat | replicate | reproduce | second | secondary | twin | twinned | two-faced | twofold | two-level | two-ply | two-sided | two-story See Also | arrange | consonant | double | double | duplicate | duplicate | occur | repeat | replicate | set up Geminate In Webster's Dictionary \Gem"i*nate\, a. [L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to
double. See {Gemini}.] (Bot.)
In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate
flowers. --Gray.
\Gem"i*nate\, v. t. To double. [R.] --B. Jonson. |
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