Meanings
verbsyllabicate (third-person singular simple present syllabicates, present participle syllabicating, simple past and past participle syllabicated)
present singular third person syllabicates · participle present syllabicating · participle past syllabicated · past syllabicated
- rareTo syllabify.
To Syllabicate, which is to find out a word by its syllables.
1654, Joseph Brooksbank, Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words, page 27
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
syllabicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabicate
MLA
“syllabicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabicate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syllabicate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syllabicate.
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