'Geminate' definitions:
Definition of 'geminate'
(from WordNet)
noun
A doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
verb
Form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" [syn: reduplicate, geminate]
verb
Occur in pairs [syn: pair, geminate]
verb
Arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: pair, geminate]
verb
Arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"
Definition of 'Geminate'
From: GCIDE
- Geminate \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Geminate'
From: GCIDE
- Geminate \Gem"i*nate\, v. t. To double. [R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'geminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- two-level,
- two-ply,
- two-sided,
- two-story,
- twofold