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syllabize, v.|ˈsɪləbaɪz|
[ad. med.L. syllabizāre, ad. Gr. συλλαβίζειν, f. συλλαβή syllable n.: see -ize. Cf. F. syllabiser.]
1. trans. To form or divide into syllables; to utter or articulate with distinct separation of syllables.
1656Blount Glossogr., Syllabize, to divide by syllables. 1660Howell Parly of Beasts Pref. Verses b ij, 'Tis Man⁓kind alone Can Language frame, and syllabize the Tone. 1831Examiner 694/1 Every word is syllabized, and every syllable protracted to three times its due quantity.
2. intr. To sing notes to syllables, as in solmization. nonce-use.
1782Burney Hist. Mus. II. ii. 105 It may be said, that to syllabize in quick passages is little more than to speak, but to vocalize is to sing.
Hence ˈsyllabized ppl. a.; ˈsyllabizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1831Examiner 259/2 A drawling tone and syllabizing pronunciation. Ibid. 822/1 The syllabizing of the dialogue, and the roulading of the music, are equally out of place. 1885Athenæum 13 June 762/3 Irish metric, like that of the Slavonic peoples, has passed from an original purely syllabizing system to an accentuating one. 1957A. Oras in N. Frye Sound & Poetry 112 Milton's growing dislike of syllabized -ed endings. 1969Computers & Humanities III. 257 The latter is based upon successive scanning of the syllabized text in groups of four, three, two and one characters. |