Syllabificate

Origin

First attested in 1974; back-formation from syllabification; compare the earlier syllabificating.

Full definition of syllabificate

Verb

1. (non-standard, rare) syllabize
• 1974, Joan McIntyre, Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins (Scribner), page 188Her squawk came out in two distinct syllables, rather like the way I had been syllabificating “Rooo-beee!”
• 1982, Journal of the School of Languages (Jawaharlal Nehru University), volume 8, page 27Of the two or more consonants forming a conjunct which occurs within a word, the first belongs to the preceding vowel and the rest to the following; mantri

• 2000, Tony Walsh, Success with Syllables, page 42, section titleHow Well Can You Syllabificate?