[n. of action f. med.L. syllabificāre, f. syllaba SYLLABLE: see -FICATION.] Formation or construction of syllables; the action or method of dividing words into syllables.
1838. Guest, Engl. Rhythms, I. 23. The early systems of syllabification.
1843. Poe, Premature Burial, Wks. 1864, I. 330. What he said was unintelligible; but … the syllabification was distinct.
1862. J. Angus, Hand-bk. Engl. Tongue, 495. Rules of syllabification.
