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compensatorily lengthens

compensatorily lengthens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lengthens

What is compensatorily lengthens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compensatorily lengthens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compensatorily lengthen.

Words near compensatorily lengthens in the dictionary

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

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