English Explanatory Dictionary

compensatorily lengthen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening.

Word forms

compensatorily lengthen compensatorily lengthens compensatorily lengthening compensatorily lengthened

Etymology

Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

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