compensatorily lengthen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.
Verb[edit]
compensatorily lengthen (third-person singular simple present compensatorily lengthens, present participle compensatorily lengthening, simple past and past participle compensatorily lengthened)
- (phonology) To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening.