replicate

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

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

- a replicate leaf or petal

- the replicate margin of a shell

noun

1. an outcome of a replication procedure.

verb

1. bend or turn backward

Similar word(s): retroflex

Definition categories: motion, bend, flex

2. reproduce or make an exact copy of

- replicate the cell

Similar word(s): copy

Definition categories: creation, double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate

3. make or do or perform again

- He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

Similar word(s): double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat

Definition categories: creation, reproduce

Sentences with replicate as a verb:

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