embrighten

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbɹaɪtə̆n/

Verb edit

embrighten (third-person singular simple present embrightens, present participle embrightening, simple past and past participle embrightened)

(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:embrighten.

References edit

^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) states that embrighten was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en.

[OED-etym-1] The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) states that embrighten was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en.

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