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▪ I. geminate, a. and n.|ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt|
[ad. L. gemināt-us, pa. pple. of gemināre to double, f. geminus twin.]
A. adj. Duplicated, combined in pairs, twin, binate. geminate leaves, leaves springing in pairs from the same node, one leaf beside the other.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 340 We desire of your Maiestie to..continue the geminate disposition of your beneuolences, both generally to all our subiects, and also priuately to this our beloued seruant. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 1099 Geminate, doubled. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 213 Observe the frequently geminate leaves and extra-axillary inflorescence of the Order. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. 413/1. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Ling. iii. 103 Consonants can be long, or geminate, when the closure or obstruction is held momentarily before release. 1967V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (ed. 2) vii. 141 Spacious windows alternated with narrower ones, single or geminate, and some of these were of frosted glass.
B. n. A doubled consonant.
1885Cook tr. Sievers' O.E. Gram. (1887) 99 B..occurs..in medial and final positions as a geminate. 1958Archivum Linguisticum X. 61 The question of ‘subsidiary’ syllables, perceptibility as against sonority, whispered speech, dipthongs and geminates. 1965Language XLI. 449 Intervocalic p t k indicate a so-called short geminate; pp tt kk stand for overlong geminates.
Hence ˈgeminately adv., in pairs, doubly.
In recent Dicts.
▪ II. geminate, v.|ˈdʒɛmɪneɪt|
[f. L. gemināt-, ppl. stem of gemināre (see prec.).]
trans. To double. Also pass. of two contiguous teeth: To be united.
a1637B. Jonson Eng Gram. iii. (1640) 40 W, Is but the V. geminated in the full sound. 1670Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 326 Macon..is a Hebrew participle that signifies firm, constant, and established; and he geminates it, ‘my heart is firm, constant, and established’. 1721in Bailey. 1881Coleman in Trans. Odont. Soc. XIII. 9 It appeared to consist of the two central incisors geminated. 1885Cook tr. Sievers' O.E. Gram. (1887) 100 F..is..a surd spirant..when geminated in the medial position.
Hence ˈgeminated ppl. a., doubled, occurring in pairs.
1802in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1803) VI. 100 They would run hooting about, bawling and dancing with geminated clamours. 1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 122 Atypus..Eyes on each side geminated. 1859J. Tomes Dental Surg. 43 Mr. Brookhouse..sent me two examples of geminated teeth. 1885Cook tr. Sievers' O.E. Gram. (1887) 123 The geminated consonants were often written long after the second had ceased to be pronounced. |