embrighten
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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) Brighten; vivify.
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
