[Lexicog] embiggen

[Sebastian Drude]

Thank you, Kenneth,
> 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.
If one could show that the intransitive sense is the basic one, that 
would be one more argument against /em-/en-/ as carrier of the sense 
component "to make".

What I was looking for are derivations of intransitive verbs (possibly 
with the meaning "to become X") exactly WITHOUT /em-/en-/. 
I probably caused a confusion by mentionning the verbalizing SUFfix 
/-en/ (as in /widen/) in this context, easily confused with the prefix 
in question.

Sebastian

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