[Lexicog] embiggen

[Kenneth C. Hill]

Two examples that come to mind of en- creating an intransitive verb from a noun are enlist, encyst, though both of these verbs can also be used transitively.

--Ken

Sebastian Drude <sebadru at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:                     Are there cases (in English or elswhere) where there is conversion or derivation by other means such as _-en_, of an adjective (or noun) X into an *intransitive* verb (with the meaning "to become X"?  
 In English, in this case, if there is a contrasting pair of derivations (_Xen_ -- "to become X"  vs.  _emXen_ "to make sth. X"), _em-_ could arguably be said to carry the transitivizing meaning component.
 
 Sebastian
 
   
     
                       

 		
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