Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To redouble; repeat.
  • Redoubled; repeated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Redoubled; repeated.
  • transitive verb To redouble or repeat; to reiterate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
  • adjective redoubled
  • adjective reiterated

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb to say, state, or perform again

Etymologies

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From the participle stem of Latin ingeminō ("repeat, reiterate").

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Examples

  • 'Tis that which all our late politicians ingeminate.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • ‘Yes, ’ I hear you ingeminate; ‘but what about Examinations?

    V. On Reading for Examinations 1920

  • 'Yes,' I hear you ingeminate; 'but what about Examinations?

    On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Anders Guggisberg's vast oeuvre might instinctively prompt a skeptical roll of the eyes and a quick dismissal of the artists as yet another Swiss duo bent on reiterating the refined clumsiness, childlike inquisitiveness, and carefree sense of humor canonized by Fischli and Weiss rigorously amass, archive, and ingeminate subjects of contemporary experience -- from sausages to existential questions -- Lutz and Guggisberg cultivate distraction through their compulsive study of haphazardly gathered stimuli; like archaeologists gone awry, they "dig" not to find artifacts but to bury them, rediscovering the present by its ironic historicization.

    artforum.com 2009

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