syllabicationn.
/sɪˌlabɪˈkeɪʃən/ a. = syllabification n.Tending to give way to syllabification.—R.W.B.
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syllabication1631
syllabling1819
syllabification1838
syllabation1856
syllabism1892
syllabization1926
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 180 I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.
1654 J. Brooksbank (title) Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the..Syllabication of all English Words.
1754 W. Goodall Exam. Lett. Mary Q. Scots I. v. 110 The syllabication of the Scottish word nouther..had been changed, after the English orthography, into neither.
?1791 R. Burns Let. (2003) II. 93 Thou faithful recorder of barbarous idiom—Thou Persecutor of Syllabication.
1863 Nuttall's Standard Dict. Pref. Orthography..comprehends the correct spelling and syllabication of words.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vii. 121 The ups and downs of syllabication play an important part in the phonetic structure of all languages.
1971 Language 47 138 The rule for the devoicing of liquids follows syllabication.
b. The action of making syllabic; pronunciation as a distinct syllable.
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syllabication1857
1857 G. L. Craik Eng. of Shakespeare in Julius Cæsar i. i. 73 The distinct syllabication of the final ed.
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