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compensatorily lengthen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-pen-sato-ri-ly length-en
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

Etymology

Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

Usage

Inflected Forms

compensatorily lengthens (present, singular) compensatorily lengthening (participle, present) compensatorily lengthened (participle, past) compensatorily lengthened (past)

Questions

What does compensatorily lengthen mean?
To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening.
Where does compensatorily lengthen come from?
Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

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