engreaten
English
Etymology
en- + great + -en, intensifying verbal circumfix.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹeɪtə̆n/
Verb
engreaten (third-person singular simple present engreatens, present participle engreatening, simple past and past participle engreatened)
- (obsolete) Make great; aggravate (an offence); compare greaten.
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:engreaten.
Translations
make great
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References
- The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) states that engreaten was formed by the simultaneous prefixing of en- and suffixing of -en, which, by definition, constitutes circumfixation.