syllabise

verb (used with object), syl·la·bized, syl·la·biz·ing.

Also, especially British, syl·la·bise.

Origin:
1650–60; < Medieval Latin syllabizāre < Greek syllabízein. See syllable, -ize

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syllabise
verb
1.	divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn: syllabify]
2.	utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read" [syn: syllabize]

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syllabize
verb
1.	divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn: syllabify]
2.	utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read"

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