replicate

English

Etymology

From Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicare (“to fold”); see ply.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈrɛpləˌkeɪt/ (verb)
• (US) IPA: /ˈrɛpləˌkət/ (noun)

Verb

replicate (third-person singular simple present replicates, present participle replicating, simple past and past participle replicated)

1. To make a copy (replica) of

   On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.

2. (obsolete) To reply.

Related terms

• replica
• replicability
• replicant
• replication
• replicative
• replicator
• reply

Translations

to make a copy of

• Finnish: kopioida (fi)

• Italian: replicare (it)

Noun

replicate (plural replicates)

1. an outcome of a replication procedure.

Adjective

replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)

1. (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

   a replicate leaf or petal

   the replicate margin of a shell

External links

• replicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• replicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb form

replicate

1. second-person plural present tense of replicare
2. second-person plural imperative of replicare

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Latin

Verb

replicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of replicō