syllabating

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