embrighten
English
Etymology
em- + bright + -en[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbɹaɪtə̆n/
Verb
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 of use of this term, see Citations:embrighten.
References
- The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) states that embrighten was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en.