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hyphenize

American

[hahy-fuh-nahyz] / ˈhaɪ fəˌnaɪz /

especially British, hyphenise

verb (used with object)

hyphenized, hyphenizing

hyphenate.

Other Word Forms

hyphenization

noun

Etymology

Origin of hyphenize

First recorded in 1850–55; hyphen + -ize

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hyphenized

For the same reason do not take refuge, as was the practice a few years since, in German combinations, heart-utterances, soul-sentiments, and hyphenized phrases generally; but roll your thought into one good English word.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

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