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Syllabication definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYLLABICA'TION, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: forming or dividing words into syllables [syn: syllabication, syllabification]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century the act, process, or method of forming or dividing words into syllables

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also syllabification) () division into or articulation by syllables. Derivatives: syllabify v.tr. (-ies, -ied). Etymology: med.L syllabicatio f. syllabicare f. L syllaba: see SYLLABLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Syllabication Syl*lab`i*ca"tion, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., [sect]275.