geminateadj.n.
/ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt/ A. adj.
Duplicated, combined in pairs, twin, binate. geminate leaves, leaves springing in pairs from the same node, one leaf beside the other.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adjective]
double1393
coupledc1440
conjugate1471
duplicate?a1475
jumellec1475
gemel1497
geminate1589
paired1595
fellowed1654
duplicatory1659
gemellous1697
dyadic1728
duplex1817
Siamese twins1829
parial1849
dyad1869
duadic1879
pairwise1913
duplicitous1985
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations ii. 361 Wee desire of your Maiestie, to..continue the geminate disposition of your beneuolences, both generally to all our Subiects, and also priuately to this our beloued seruant.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 1099 Geminate, doubled.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 213 Observe the frequently geminate leaves and extra-axillary inflorescence of the Order.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/1.
1951 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory vii. 98 Spacious windows alternated with narrower ones, single or geminate, and some of these were of frosted glass.
1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iii. 103 Consonants can be long, or geminate, when the closure or obstruction is held momentarily before release.
B. n.
A doubled consonant.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [noun] > doubled
geminate1885
1885 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (1887) 99 B..occurs..in medial and final positions as a geminate.
1958 Archivum Linguisticum 10 61 The question of ‘subsidiary’ syllables, perceptibility as against sonority, whispered speech, dipthongs and geminates.
1965 Language 41 449 Intervocalic p t k indicate a so-called short geminate; pp tt kk stand for overlong geminates.
Derivatives
ˈgeminately adv. in pairs, doubly. (In recent dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
geminatev.
/ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt/ transitive. To double. Also passive of two contiguous teeth: To be united.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > multiply by two or double [verb (transitive)]
doublec1290
duplec1425
redouble1477
duplify1509
reduplicate1570
duplicate1623
ingeminate1625
geminatea1637
twice1637
iterate1660
a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iii, in Wks. (1640) III W, Is but the V. geminated in the full sound.
1670 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 326 Macon..is a Hebrew participle that signifies firm, constant, and established; and he geminates it, ‘my heart is firm, constant, and established’.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1881 Coleman in Trans. Odont. Soc. XIII. 9 It appeared to consist of the two central incisors geminated.
1885 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (1887) 100 F..is..a surd spirant..when geminated in the medial position.
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ˈgeminated adj. doubled, occurring in pairs.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adjective] > occurring in pairs
geminous1646
geminated1802
1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 100 They would run hooting about, bawling and dancing with geminated clamours.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 122 Atypus..Eyes on each side geminated.
1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 43 Mr. Brookhouse..sent me two examples of geminated teeth.
1885 A. S. Cook tr. E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. (1887) 123 The geminated consonants were often written long after the second had ceased to be pronounced.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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