verb
1. divide into syllables
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syllabify the words
• Syn: ↑syllabify, ↑syllabicate, ↑syllabize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑syllable (for: ↑syllabize), ↑syllable (for: ↑syllabicate), ↑syllabication (for: ↑syllabicate), ↑syllabification (for: ↑syllabify), ↑syllable (for: ↑syllabify)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
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The poet syllabized the verses he read
• Syn: ↑syllabize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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syllˈabize or syllˈabise transitive verb
1. To form or divide into syllables
2. To sing to syllables
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Main Entry: ↑syllable
Useful english dictionary. 2012.