Definitions for: Geminate


[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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: pair, reduplicate

See Also: arrange, consonant, double, double, duplicate, duplicate, occur, repeat, replicate, set up

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