compensatorily lengthen

English edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from compensatory lengthening.

Verb edit

compensatorily lengthen (third-person singular simple present compensatorily lengthens, present participle compensatorily lengthening, simple past and past participle compensatorily lengthened)

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