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Etymology
From Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sullabízō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sullabḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ízō, “-ize”).
Verb
syllabize (third-person singular simple present syllabizes, present participle syllabizing, simple past and past participle syllabized)
- (transitive) To syllabify.
- 1920, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, The Classical Journal, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, page 361
- No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor."
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