Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Geminate

gem-in-ate (jĕmˈə-nātˌ)

verb
1. Arranged in, formed, or occurring in pairs.
If souls geminate at creation, God made you and I together; over the years, life had a different plan.

adjective
1. In a pair.
You and I are geminate spirits that strayed.

Synonyms: accompanying, bifold, coupled, corresponding, doubled, dual, dualistic, joint, like, paired, parallel, same, twin, twofold, very same.

noun
1. In linguistics, a double or long consonant sound.
The geminate consonant sound distinguishes the difference between "night train" and "night rain."

Synonyms: doubled.

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