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Definition of Syllabify
1. Verb. Divide into syllables. "Syllabify the words"
Generic synonyms: Section, Segment
Derivative terms: Syllabication, Syllable, Syllabification, Syllable, Syllable
Definition of Syllabify
1. v. t. To form or divide into syllables.
Definition of Syllabify
1. Verb. To divide a word into syllables; to syllabicate; to syllabize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syllabify
1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabify
Literary usage of Syllabify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Teaching and Studying Language by François Gouin, Howard Swan (1892)
"The scholar in Germany does not spell, does not syllabify—he reads. To-morrow,
if we would, all our school-children could do the same. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< syllabify + -«fío». ... 'Theory of or concerning syllables; also, syllabic
character; representation of syllables. syllabify (si-lab'i-fi), ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland (1906)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
5. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
6. The Art of Teaching and Studying Language by François Gouin, Howard Swan (1892)
"The scholar in Germany does not spell, does not syllabify—he reads. To-morrow,
if we would, all our school-children could do the same. ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< syllabify + -«fío». ... 'Theory of or concerning syllables; also, syllabic
character; representation of syllables. syllabify (si-lab'i-fi), ..."
8. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland (1906)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
9. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
10. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"But when the woman comes again I shall try to syllabify the measure on paper.
I can feel the popular mind in the peasant songs: in the military songs I ..."
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