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▪ I. † inˈgeminate, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. ingemināt-us, pa. pple. of ingemināre: see next.]
Doubled, redoubled; reiterated, repeated.
1637Jackson Serm. Luke xiii. 5 ⁋5 This ingeminate verdict of our Saviours first against the Galileans, secondly against the inhabitants of Ierusalem. 1665–76Rea Flora (To Ladies), With scarlet robes appear in state And double ruffs ingeminate.
▪ II. ingeminate, v.|ɪnˈdʒɛmɪneɪt|
Also 6 en-.
[f. L. ingemināt-, ppl. stem of ingemināre to redouble, repeat, f. in- (in-2) + gemināre to geminate.]
1. trans. To utter (a sound) twice or oftener; to repeat, reiterate (a word, statement, etc.), usually for the purpose of being emphatic or impressive; to emphasize (a fact) by repetition. (Freq. in 17th c.; now chiefly used in echoes of quot. 1647).
1594Zepheria xv, My feares how oft haue I engeminated? Oh black recite of passed miserie. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. iii. (1626) 55 Those threats are deeds: Shee [Echo] yet ingeminates The last of sounds, and what shee heares relates. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vii. §233 [Falkland] often, after a deep silence and frequent sighs, would with a shrill and sad accent, ingeminate the word, Peace, Peace. a1703Burkitt On N.T., 1 John ii. 14 Here we have observable, the enemy described, and the conquest ingeminated. 1883Pall Mall G. 22 Oct. 5/1 But we must ask and ingeminate the inquiry, where is Burns? 1887Murray's Mag. June 730 Thus our Canon ingeminates peace. 1892Pall Mall G. 9 Nov. 1/2 Here comes Mr. Balfour with his olive branch, ingeminating peace.
†2. To double (a thing); to repeat (an action). Obs. rare.
1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis iv. x. 272 The woes of your sad state Their doomes deferring shall ingeminate. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 273 The long Names of such Higher Powers, as have the Square or Cube often ingeminated. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. iii. 193 When ever ☿ [Mercury] turning short, happens to ingeminate his Conjunction in less than a Months time [etc.].
†3. To couple; to unite in couples. Obs. rare.
1609Ev. Woman in Hum. v. i. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, Now gallant Bridegroomes, and your lovely Brides, That have ingeminate in endlesse league Your troth-plight hearts. |