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syllabling

syllabling is the present participle and gerund of syllable.

Meaning of syllable

Verb

syllable (third-person singular simple present syllables, present participle syllabling, simple past and past participle syllabled)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To utter in syllables.
    • [A] thouſand fantaſies
      Begin to throng into my memorie
      Of calling ſhapes, and beckning ſhadows dire,
      And ayrie tongues, that ſyllable mens names
      On Sands, and Shoars, and deſert Wilderneſſes.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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Questions about syllabling

What is syllabling the present participle and gerund of?
Syllabling is the present participle and gerund of syllable.

Words near syllabling in the dictionary

  1. syllable weight
  2. syllable weights
  3. syllable-timed
  4. syllabled
  5. syllables
  6. syllabling
  7. syllabogram
  8. syllabograms
  9. syllabs
  10. syllabub
  11. syllabubs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabling (page history and authors); syllable (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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