[ad. med.L. sill-, syllabicātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. syllabicāre, f. syllaba SYLLABLE.] = SYLLABIFICATION.

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1631.  [Mabbe], Celestina, xviii. 180. I sweare unto thee by the crisse-crosse row, by the whole Alphabet, and Sillabication of the letters.

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1654.  Brooksbank (title), Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the … Syllabication of all English Words.

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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.

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1791.  Burns, Lett., Wks. (Globe), 496. Thou faithful recorder of barbarous idiom: thou persecutor of syllabication.

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1863.  Nuttall, Standard Dict., Pref. Orthography … comprehends the correct spelling and syllabication of words.

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  b.  The action of making syllabic; pronunciation as a distinct syllable.

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1857.  Craik, English of Shaks., Jul. C. I. i. (1869), 73. The distinct syllabication of the final ed.

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