embrighten

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

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

(rare, chiefly literary) Brighten; vivify.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:embrighten.

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^ 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.

[OED-etym-1] 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.

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