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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 440 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOUBLE (from the See also:Mid. Eng. duble, the See also:form which gives the See also:present See also:pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from See also:Lat. duplus, twice as much)  , twice as much, or large, having two parts, having a See also:part repeated, coupled, &c . The word appears as a substantive with the See also:special meaning of the See also:appearance to a See also:person of his own apparition, generally regarded as a warning, or of such an apparition of one living person to another, the See also:German Doppelganger (see See also:APPARITIONS) . Another word often used with this meaning is " fetch." According to the New See also:English See also:Dictionary, "fetch " is chiefly of Irish usage, and may possibly be connected with " fetch," to bring or carry away, but it may be a See also:separate word . The Corpus Glossary of the beginning of the loth See also:century seems to identify a word fcecce with mcere, meaning a goblin which appears in " nightmare." " See also:Double " is also used of a person whose resemblance to another is peculiarly striking or remarkable, so that confusion between them may easily arise .

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