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Verb: syllabize  'si-lu`bIz
  1. Divide into syllables
    "syllabize the words"
    - syllabify, syllabicate, syllabise [Brit]
     
  2. Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
    "The poet syllabized the verses he read"
    - syllabise [Brit]

Derived forms: syllabized, syllabizes, syllabizing

See also: syllable

Type of: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, section, segment, sound out

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