ingeminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from the participle stem of Latin ingeminō (repeat, reiterate).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛ.mɪ.neɪt/

Verb

ingeminate (third-person singular simple present ingeminates, present participle ingeminating, simple past and past participle ingeminated)

  1. (transitive) To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
    • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:
      we found a black pavillion; in it three old Arabians; who, out of their Alcoran ingeminated a dolefull requiem to their Brothers carcasse, over which they sat []

Translations

Adjective

ingeminate (comparative more ingeminate, superlative most ingeminate)

  1. redoubled
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
  2. reiterated

Latin

Participle

ingemināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ingeminātus
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