replicate
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.