Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to syllabify
Participle: syllabified
Gerund: syllabifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | syllabify |
| you | syllabify |
| he;she;it | syllabifies |
| we | syllabify |
| you | syllabify |
| they | syllabify |
Perfect
| I | have syllabified |
| you | have syllabified |
| he;she;it | has syllabified |
| we | have syllabified |
| you | have syllabified |
| they | have syllabified |
Past
| I | syllabified |
| you | syllabified |
| he;she;it | syllabified |
| we | syllabified |
| you | syllabified |
| they | syllabified |
Pluperfect
| I | had syllabified |
| you | had syllabified |
| he;she;it | had syllabified |
| we | had syllabified |
| you | had syllabified |
| they | had syllabified |
Future
| I | will syllabify |
| you | will syllabify |
| he;she;it | will syllabify |
| we | will syllabify |
| you | will syllabify |
| they | will syllabify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have syllabified |
| you | will have syllabified |
| he;she;it | will have syllabified |
| we | will have syllabified |
| you | will have syllabified |
| they | will have syllabified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | syllabify |
| you | syllabify |
| he;she;it | syllabify |
| we | syllabify |
| you | syllabify |
| they | syllabify |
Perfect
| I | have syllabified |
| you | have syllabified |
| he;she;it | have syllabified |
| we | have syllabified |
| you | have syllabified |
| they | have syllabified |
Imperfect
| I | syllabified |
| you | syllabified |
| he;she;it | syllabified |
| we | syllabified |
| you | syllabified |
| they | syllabified |
Pluperfect
| I | had syllabified |
| you | had syllabified |
| he;she;it | had syllabified |
| we | had syllabified |
| you | had syllabified |
| they | had syllabified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would syllabify |
| you | would syllabify |
| he;she;it | would syllabify |
| we | would syllabify |
| you | would syllabify |
| they | would syllabify |
Perfect
| I | would have syllabified |
| you | would have syllabified |
| he;she;it | would have syllabified |
| we | would have syllabified |
| you | would have syllabified |
| they | would have syllabified |
Imperative
| you | syllabify |
| we | Let's syllabify |
| you | syllabify |
Verbs conjugated like 'syllabify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'syllabify'
disyllabify,
resyllabify,
syllabise,
syllabize,
dissyllabify,
syllable,
alkalify,
babify,
clarify,
dyslexify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1799–1802; back-formation from syllabification; compare the Old French sillabifier.
Sample Sentences
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A method alſo of teaching the learners “to ſyllabify with the counters” is pointed out. [1799–1800, P.V. Lenoir, either “French Pronunciation and Reading made Eaſy, or the Logographic-emblematical French Spelling-Book, &c.” (1799, Dulau and Co.) or “The Logographic-emblematical Engliſh Spelling-Book, or a Method of teaching Children to read” (1800, Booſey), quoted in article 35–36 of The British Critic, volume 19 (1802, January–June), page 97]
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syllabicate 2 syllabication 1
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syllabify 2 syllabification 1
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syllabize 1 syllabization 3
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One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb syllabize, give it the now non-existent noun syllabization, & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees. [1926, Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.” syllabize &c. A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means — 1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED): — syllabate 3 syllabation 2]