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syllabise

syllabise is the alternative form of syllabize.

Meaning of syllabize

Verb

syllabize (third-person singular simple present syllabizes, present participle syllabizing, simple past and past participle syllabized)

  1. (transitive) To syllabify.
    • No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor."1920, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, The Classical Journal, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, page 361

Forms of syllabise

third-person singular presentsyllabises
present participlesyllabising
past participlesyllabised
pastsyllabised

Words formed from syllabise

Questions about syllabise

What is syllabise the alternative form of?
Syllabise is the alternative form of syllabize.

Words near syllabise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabise (page history and authors); syllabize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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