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Definition of "geminate" []
- To double. (verb-transitive)
- To arrange in pairs. (verb-transitive)
- Linguistics To make into a geminate. (verb-transitive)
- To occur in pairs. (verb-intransitive)
- Linguistics To become a geminate. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "geminate" in a sentence
- "First, it must be known that Etruscan lacks geminate consonants."
- "If history has taught us anything it's that it is at that nexus where seeds of corporate fascism geminate, and if allowed to grow, thrive."
- "If the supershort schwa is word-medial, it lengthens an accented vowel in an immediately-preceding open syllable, otherwise all supershort schwas geminate the immediately-preceding consonant instead."