Syllabication

//sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of syllabifying; syllabification. countable, uncountable

    "I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters."

  2. 2
    forming or dividing words into syllables wordnet

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syllabification

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"I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters."

Etymology

First attested in 1631; from the Medieval Latin sillabicātio, syllabicātio, noun of action of the verb syllabicō, from syllaba (“syllable”).

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