syllabificate
verbEtymology First attested in 1974; back-formation from syllabification; compare the earlier syllabificating.
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Nonstandard, Rare syllabize
- Her squawk came out in two distinct syllables, rather like the way I had been syllabificating “Rooo-beee!”1974, Joan McIntyre, Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins, Scribner, page 188:
- Of the two or more consonants forming a conjunct which occurs within a word, the first belongs to the preceding vowel and the rest to the following; mantri: ‘secretary’ will be syllabificated as man-tri:.1982, Journal of the School of Languages (Jawaharlal Nehru University), volume 8, page 27
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- How Well Can You Syllabificate?2000, Tony Walsh, Success with Syllables, page 42, section title: