English Explanatory Dictionary

make position

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause a syllable that contains a short vowel to scan as metrically long (heavy) instead of metrically short (light) by being positioned immediately after it, without affecting the length of the vowel itself.

Word forms

make position makes position making position made position

Etymology

In reference to Latin syllaba positiōne longa (“long syllable by position”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek συλλαβὴ μακρὰ θέσει (sullabḕ makrà thései).

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