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syl⋅la⋅bize

  [sil-uh-bahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -bized, -biz⋅ing.
to syllabify.
Also, especially British, syl⋅la⋅bise.

Origin:
1650–60; < ML syllabizāre < Gk syllabízein. See syllable, -ize
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syl·la·bize   (sĭl'ə-bīz')   
tr.v.   syl·la·bized, syl·la·biz·ing, syl·la·biz·es
To syllabify.

[Medieval Latin syllabizāre, to quibble, from Greek sullabizein, to syllabify, from sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]
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