"compensatorily lengthen" meaning in English

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        "To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening."
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        "(phonology, transitive) To lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening."
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