embrighten
English
Etymology
em- + bright + -en, prebilabial intensifying verbal circumfix.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
embrighten (third-person singular simple present embrightens, present participle embrightening, simple past and past participle embrightened)
- (rare, chiefly literary) Brighten; vivify.
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References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) states that embrighten was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en, which, by definition, constitutes circumfixation.