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syllabated

syllabated is the simple past and past participle of syllabate.

Meaning of syllabate

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
    Synonyms:
    syllabify

Questions about syllabated

What is syllabated the simple past and past participle of?
Syllabated is the simple past and past participle of syllabate.

Words near syllabated in the dictionary

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

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