Geminate
[dʒeminit]
Definition
(noun.) a doubled or long consonant; 'the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate'.
(verb.) arrange or combine in pairs; 'The consonants are geminated in these words'.
Checker: Salvatore--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.
(v. t.) To double.
Inputed by Conrad
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Bot.) Doubled, twin, in pairs.
Checked by Keith
Definition
adj. (bot.) in pairs.—v.t. (rare) to double.—n. Geminā′tion a doubling: repetition of a word to add emphasis: (philol.) the doubling of a consonant originally single.
Typed by Ann