ingeminate
English
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin ingeminō (“repeat, reiterate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ingeminate (third-person singular simple present ingeminates, present participle ingeminating, simple past and past participle ingeminated)
- 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 [...].
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:
Related terms
Adjective
ingeminate (comparative more ingeminate, superlative most ingeminate)
- redoubled
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
- reiterated
Latin
Participle
ingemināte
- vocative masculine singular of ingeminātus
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