syllabize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of syllabize
1650–60; < Medieval Latin syllabizāre < Greek syllabízein. See syllable, -ize
Example Sentences
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The male called "Peter, Peter," or some syllabize it "Pretty Joey," and then broke into a trilling song that fully equalled any canary performance I have heard.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
The clearly syllabized words fell upon delighted ears.
From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee
Indeed, said Epistemon, I saw this way of syllabizing tried at Xaintes at a general procession, in the presence of that good, virtuous, learned and just president, Brian Vallee, Lord of Douhait.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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