REDUPLICATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

2.
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.