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syllabifies

syllabifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 syllabifies

What is syllabifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Syllabifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of syllabify.

Words near syllabifies in the dictionary

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

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