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compensatorily lengthen

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

Verb

compensatorily lengthen (third-person singular simple present compensatorily lengthens, present participle compensatorily lengthening, simple past and past participle compensatorily lengthened)

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

Forms of compensatorily lengthen

third-person singular presentcompensatorily lengthens
present participlecompensatorily lengthening
past participlecompensatorily lengthened
pastcompensatorily lengthened

Origin of compensatorily lengthen

Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

Questions about compensatorily lengthen

What does compensatorily lengthen mean?
Compensatorily lengthen means to lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening.
What part of speech is compensatorily lengthen?
Compensatorily lengthen is a verb.
What is the past tense of compensatorily lengthen?
The past tense of compensatorily lengthen is compensatorily lengthened.

Words near compensatorily lengthen in the dictionary

  1. compensative
  2. compensatively
  3. compensativeness
  4. compensator
  5. compensatorily
  6. compensatorily lengthen
  7. compensatorily lengthened
  8. compensatorily lengthening
  9. compensatorily lengthens
  10. compensators
  11. compensatory

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