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syllabified

syllabified is the simple past and past participle of syllabify.

Meaning of syllabify

Verb

syllabify (third-person singular simple present syllabifies, present participle syllabifying, simple past and past participle syllabified)

  1. To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize.
    • A method alſo of teaching the learners “to ſyllabify with the counters” is pointed out.1799–1800, P.V. Lenoir, either “French Pronunciation and Reading made Eaſy, or the Logographic-emblematical French Spelling-Book, &c.” (1799, Dulau and Co.) or “The Logographic-emblematical Engliſh...

Questions about syllabified

What is syllabified the simple past and past participle of?
Syllabified is the simple past and past participle of syllabify.

Words near syllabified in the dictionary

  1. syllabificated
  2. syllabificates
  3. syllabificating
  4. syllabification
  5. syllabifications
  6. syllabified
  7. syllabifies
  8. syllabify
  9. syllabifying
  10. syllabisation
  11. syllabise

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