replicate

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.
   • It is the Northern portals that are most interesting. The earlier structure was given the romantic, grotto-like feature of a tower with windows. When expanded (circa 1893), the engineers chose to replicate that design, seemingly extending the castle further.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46
2. To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
   • [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
   • The idea is that by building the centre with used and new normal railway components, GCRE will "replicate" the UK main line railway. Doherty sees this as a unique selling point: "We have some good rail research/testing universities such as Birmingham and Huddersfield, but you can't replicate a...2021 June 16, Andrew Mourant, “Plans for new test centre remain on track”, in RAIL, number 933, page 42
3. (obsolete) To reply.

Noun

UK/ˈɹɛpləkət/US/ˈɹɛpləkət/

replicate (plural replicates)

1. The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.
2. A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.

Adjective

replicate (comparative more replicate, superlative most replicate)

1. Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
   • a replicate leaf or petal
   • the replicate margin of a shell