Meaning of GEMINATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'jemunit, [v]'jemu`neyt, 'jemu`neyt
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | pair, reduplicate |
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| | See Also: | | arrange, consonant, double, double, duplicate, duplicate, occur, repeat, replicate, set up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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