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syllabifying

syllabifying is the present participle and gerund 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 syllabifying

What is syllabifying the present participle and gerund of?
Syllabifying is the present participle and gerund of syllabify.

Words near syllabifying in the dictionary

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

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