syllabicate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1654; back-formation from syllabication. === Pronunciation === enPR: sĭlăʹbĭkāt, IPA(key): /sɪˈlæbɪkeɪt/ Hyphenation: syl‧lab‧i‧cate === Verb === syllabicate (third-person singular simple present syllabicates, present participle syllabicating, simple past and past participle syllabicated) (rare) To syllabify. === References === “Sylla·bicate” listed (immediately preceding “Syllabication”) on page 357 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]  Sylla·bicate, v. rare — °. [Back-formation f. next.] trans. ‘To form into syllables.’ [¶] 1775 Ash Suppl. Hence in later Dicts. “syˈllabicate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]