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replicare
Latin · ancient
"to fold back; to repeat"
re- 'back' plus plicare 'to fold' - literally to fold back
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replica
Italian · medieval
"a copy, repetition, reply"
narrowed to a repetition or copy, especially an artist's own duplicate of a work
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replica
English · 1824-1865
"an exact copy or reproduction"
entered for an artist's authorized duplicate, later widened to any close copy
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