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syllabicate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • sĭlăʹbĭkāt
  • /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication.

Meanings

  1. (rare) To syllabify.
    • To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables. 1654, Joseph Brooksbank, Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words, page 27:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
syllabicated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
syllabicated Tense=Past lexicographic
syllabicates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
syllabicating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic