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syllabicate

Syllables: syl·lab·i·cate/sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/

syllabicate verb: to syllabify.

Verb

syllabicate (third-person singular simple present syllabicates, present participle syllabicating, simple past and past participle syllabicated)

  1. (rare) To syllabify.
    • To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables.1654, Joseph Brooksbank, Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words, page 27

Forms of syllabicate

third-person singular presentsyllabicates
present participlesyllabicating
past participlesyllabicated
pastsyllabicated

Origin of syllabicate

First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication.

Questions about syllabicate

What does syllabicate mean?
Syllabicate means to syllabify.
What part of speech is syllabicate?
Syllabicate is a verb.
How do you pronounce syllabicate?
Syllabicate is pronounced /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/.
What is the past tense of syllabicate?
The past tense of syllabicate is syllabicated.

Words near syllabicate in the dictionary

  1. syllabic consonants
  2. syllabic rhyme
  3. syllabic rhymes
  4. syllabical
  5. syllabically
  6. syllabicate
  7. syllabicated
  8. syllabicates
  9. syllabicating
  10. syllabication
  11. syllabications

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