What is to change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." H. Sweet called?
diphthongize — To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." H. Sweet. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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