ingeminate

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a.

[L. ingeminatus, p. p.]
Redoubled; repeated. Jer. Taylor.

In·gem·i·nate
v. t.

[imp. & p. p. Ingeminated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingeminating .]
[L. ingeminatus, p. p. of ingeminare to double; pref. in- in + geminare. See Geminate.]
To redouble or repeat; to reiterate. Clarendon.

. . . She yet ingeminates
The last of sounds, and what she hears relates.
Sandys.

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[fr. L. ingeminare; to redouble, repeat]  to repeat, reiterate (a word, statement, etc.), usually for the purpose of being emphatic or impressive

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