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desyllabify

desyllabify verb: to make (a sound) not syllabic.

Verb

desyllabify (third-person singular simple present desyllabifies, present participle desyllabifying, simple past and past participle desyllabified)

  1. (transitive) To make (a sound) not syllabic.

Forms of desyllabify

third-person singular presentdesyllabifies
present participledesyllabifying
past participledesyllabified
pastdesyllabified

Origin of desyllabify

de- + syllabify

Questions about desyllabify

What does desyllabify mean?
Desyllabify means to make (a sound) not syllabic.
What part of speech is desyllabify?
Desyllabify is a verb.
What is the past tense of desyllabify?
The past tense of desyllabify is desyllabified.

Words near desyllabify in the dictionary

  1. desyatinas
  2. desyatins
  3. desychronization
  4. desyllabified
  5. desyllabifies
  6. desyllabify
  7. desyllabifying
  8. desymmetrization
  9. desymmetrizations
  10. desymmetrize
  11. desymmetrizing

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