Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Reduplication

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Reduplication


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(1):

(n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

(2):

(n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

(3):

(n.) 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.