EMBIGGEN

PRONUNCIATION: (em-BIG-uhn)

MEANING: verb tr.: To make larger.

ETYMOLOGY: From em- (to cause to be in) + big (large) + -en (verbal suffix), formed on the pattern of enliven. Earliest documented use: 1884.
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EMBAGGEN - answer to "What are you doing behind the checkout counter?"

EMBRIGGEN - (German; obsolete) to confine to the ship's lockup

AMBIGGEN - "to start," usually used as the present participle "ambiggening"