Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r'eduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1.
The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2.
(Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. Philol.
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.
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