reduplicating

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He was also guilty of reduplicating the first syllables of words, producing such expressions as p�p�tiller, sousouflantes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Twenty yards of the rope already in hand was set against stones—whose weight they had already determined by reduplicating a number of bullets—and its quantity ascertained in pounds and ounces.

From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne

I sometimes wonder whether those who are forgiven, yet have left evil behind them on earth, are purified by being shown their own errors reduplicating with time and numbers.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

So with reduplicating speech she conveyed intelligence to his mind.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence

Ah! if science had only the means of conducting and reduplicating sounds, as it does the rays of light, what carols of happiness would then have entranced my ears!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various