(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:34:35

Re*it"er*a*tive (r?-?t"?r-?-t?v), n.

1. Gram.

A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

2.

A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.

 

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