compensatorily lengthen

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

Definitions

  1. To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for compensatorily lengthen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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