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Meaning of REPLICATE

Pronunciation:  'replukit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
  2. [v]  biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
  3. [v]  bend or turn backward
 
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 Synonyms: double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, retroflex
 
 See Also: bend, copy, flex, geminate, recapitulate, replicate, reproduce

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Rep"li*cate\ (-?-k?t), v. t.
    To reply. [Obs.]
    
  2. \Rep"li*cate\ (l?-k?t), Replicated \Rep"li*ca`ted\
    (-k?`t?d), a. [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See
    {Reply}.]
    Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a
    replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.
    
 
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