DOUBLE (from the

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• MID

Mid. Eng. duble, the

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form which gives the

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• PRESENT

present

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• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from

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• LAT

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