geminate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a doubled or long consonant
    • the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate
  2. verb form by reduplication
    reduplicate.
    • The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel
    • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
  3. verb occur in pairs
    pair.
  4. verb arrange in pairs
    pair.
    • Pair these numbers
  5. verb arrange or combine in pairs
    • The consonants are geminated in these words

WordNet

Gem"i*nate adjective
Etymology
L. geminatus, p.p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.
Gem"i*nate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To double. R. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913