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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Double; growing in pairs or couples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
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adjective satellite
growing in two parts or in pairs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
PIE word *dwóh1 From Latin binus (“two each, in pairs”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
From Latin bīnātus, past participle of bīnō (“to binate”), from bīnus (“two each, in pairs”). Equivalent to Latin bīnō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
