Syllabize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To syllabify. transitive

    "No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor.""

  2. 2
    utter with distinct articulation of each syllable wordnet
  3. 3
    divide into syllables wordnet

Example

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"No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor.""

Etymology

From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).

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