"compensatorily lengthen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: compensatorily lengthens [present, singular, third-person], compensatorily lengthening [participle, present], compensatorily lengthened [participle, past], compensatorily lengthened [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from compensatory lengthening. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|compensatory lengthening}} Back-formation from compensatory lengthening Head templates: {{en-verb}} compensatorily lengthen (third-person singular simple present compensatorily lengthens, present participle compensatorily lengthening, simple past and past participle compensatorily lengthened)
  1. (phonology, transitive) To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Phonology

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