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Definition of Geminated
1. geminate [v] - See also: geminate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geminated
Literary usage of Geminated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Old English: Elementary Grammar and Reference Grammar by Samuel Moore, Thomas Albert Knott (1919)
"For example, we know that the II of fyllan is not a geminated consonant because
it appears also in the adjective full, and we know that the mm of ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"W. ... is but the v. geminated in the full sound, and though it have the seate of a
... before which medial consonants are not geminated. Amer. Jour. ..."
3. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1893)
"In place of geminated g occurs eg, which is not simplified at the end of a
word (225); before a (o) the latter is often written cge, before u rarely cgi, ..."
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