Meanings
verbcompensatorily lengthen (third-person singular simple present compensatorily lengthens, present participle compensatorily lengthening, simple past and past participle compensatorily lengthened)
present singular third person compensatorily lengthens · participle present compensatorily lengthening · participle past compensatorily lengthened · past compensatorily lengthened
- transitivehuman sciencesTo lengthen (a vowel) upon dropping the consonant that had followed it; to cause to undergo compensatory lengthening.
Origin
Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.
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compensatorily lengthen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compensatorily%20lengthen
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