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compensatorily lengthening

compensatorily lengthening is the present participle and gerund 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 lengthening

What is compensatorily lengthening the present participle and gerund of?
Compensatorily lengthening is the present participle and gerund of compensatorily lengthen.

Words near compensatorily lengthening in the dictionary

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

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