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compensatorily lengthened

compensatorily lengthened is the simple past and past participle of compensatorily lengthen.

Meaning of compensatorily lengthen

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.

Questions about compensatorily lengthened

What is compensatorily lengthened the simple past and past participle of?
Compensatorily lengthened is the simple past and past participle of compensatorily lengthen.

Words near compensatorily lengthened in the dictionary

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

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