Word Study
replicate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb replicate has 3 senses
- replicate(v = verb.motion) retroflex - bend or turn backward; Array is one way to bend, flex
- replicate(v = verb.creation) copy - reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" is one way to double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
- replicate(v = verb.creation) double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat - make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" is one way to reproduce
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun replication2
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something
Derived forms noun replica1, noun replication7
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
replicate, v. t.
To reply. [1913 Webster]
replicate, a. [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply.].
Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
replicate, v., adj., & n.
--v.tr.
1 repeat (an experiment etc.).
2 make a replica of.
3 fold back.
--adj. Bot. folded back on itself.
--n. Mus. a tone one or more octaves above or below the given tone.
--v.tr.
1 repeat (an experiment etc.).
2 make a replica of.
3 fold back.
--adj. Bot. folded back on itself.
--n. Mus. a tone one or more octaves above or below the given tone.
Derivative
replicable adj. (in sense 1 of v.). replicability n. (in sense 1 of v.). replicative adj.
Etymology
L replicare (as RE-, plicare fold)
THESAURUS
replicate
Photostat, Xerox, clone, copy, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, facsimile, geminate, hectograph, imitate, ingeminate, manifold, microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, multigraph, multiply by two, quadruplicate, redouble, reduplicate, repeat, reproduce, stat, trace, transcribe, triplicate, twin
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