engreaten

English

Etymology

From great +‎ en- -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 using this term, see Citations:engreaten.

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.

[OED-etym-1] 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.

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