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syllabize

syllabize verb: to syllabify.

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

Synonyms of syllabize

Forms of syllabize

third-person singular presentsyllabizes
present participlesyllabizing
past participlesyllabized
pastsyllabized

Origin of syllabize

From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).

Words formed from syllabize

Questions about syllabize

What does syllabize mean?
Syllabize means to syllabify.
What part of speech is syllabize?
Syllabize is a verb.
What is the past tense of syllabize?
The past tense of syllabize is syllabized.

Words near syllabize in the dictionary

  1. syllabisms
  2. syllabist
  3. syllabists
  4. syllabization
  5. syllabizations
  6. syllabize
  7. syllabized
  8. syllabizes
  9. syllabizing
  10. syllable
  11. syllable timing

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