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syllabate

syllabate verb: synonym of syllabify.

Verb

syllabate (third-person singular simple present syllabates, present participle syllabating, simple past and past participle syllabated)

  1. (rare) Synonym of syllabify.
    • City teachers, now-a-days, are greatly diverted when they hear of a country school, way back in some rural district far from a railroad, in which children are taught to read and spell on the ancient plan of calling the names of letters; b-a—ba, b-e—be, b-i—bi, etc.; running the consonent letters...1895 June 15, Eliza B. Burnz, “What is the Unit of Language?”, in The School Journal, volume L., number 24, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill., page 646
    • The spelling and sylllabating exercises begin with the simplest sounds and the shortest words, homophonously arranged;1896, “The Fonic Speller and Sylabater”, in Reminissensez Ov Scul Lif
    Synonyms:
    syllabify

Examples of syllabate in a sentence

  • So the term panjul was used for designating the Korean syllabated alphabet.1896, H. B. Hulbert, “Correspondence”, in The Korean Repository, volume III, Seoul: The Trilingual Press, page 418:
  • When Giannina ended her narration Doctor Coperti syllabated “Well, well,” and still remained gazing into the girl’s eyes.1930, Il Carroccio: The Italian Review, page 48:
  • The verses are syllabated over a brisk march-like tune, picked out with first violins, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet and trombone.1973, Julian Budden, The Operas of Verdi, page 118:
  • Not so, however, Chevreuse’s cavatina in Maria di Rohan (“Gemea di tetro carcere”), which is launched by a long “syllabated” anacrusis, suggesting the continuation of a conversation.1993, L’opera Teatrale Di Gaetano Donizetti: Atti Del Convegno Internazionale Di Studio, Bergamo, 17-20 Settembre 1992, page 124:

Synonyms of syllabate

Forms of syllabate

third-person singular presentsyllabates
present participlesyllabating
past participlesyllabated
pastsyllabated

Questions about syllabate

What does syllabate mean?
Syllabate means synonym of syllabify.
How do you use syllabate in a sentence?
So the term panjul was used for designating the Korean syllabated alphabet.
What part of speech is syllabate?
Syllabate is a verb.
What is the past tense of syllabate?
The past tense of syllabate is syllabated.

Words near syllabate in the dictionary

  1. syllabaric
  2. syllabaries
  3. syllabarium
  4. syllabariums
  5. syllabary
  6. syllabate
  7. syllabated
  8. syllabates
  9. syllabatim
  10. syllabating
  11. syllabation

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