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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 440 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOUBLE (from the
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Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the
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present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from
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Lat. duplus, twice as much)
  , twice as much, or large, having two parts, having a
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part repeated, coupled, &c . The word appears as a substantive with the
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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
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APPARITIONS) . Another word often used with this meaning is " fetch." According to the New
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English
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Dictionary, "fetch " is chiefly of Irish usage, and may possibly be connected with " fetch," to bring or carry away, but it may be a
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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 .

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