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syllabicate

American

[si-lab-i-keyt] / sɪˈlæb ɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

syllabicated, syllabicating

to syllabify.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of syllabicate

1765–75; back formation from syllabication < Medieval Latin syllabicātiōn- (stem of syllabicātiō ). See syllabic, -ation

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syllabicated

Let difficult forms be put on the board and syllabicated if necessary.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)

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