syllabicate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- sĭlăʹbĭkāt
- /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/
Etymology
First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| syllabicated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| syllabicated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| syllabicates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| syllabicating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |