Syllabicate vs Syllabicated - What's the difference?
syllabicate | syllabicated |
to syllabify
* 1654 , , Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words , page 27
* 1926 , (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.”
??Sylla·bicate,''' ''v. rare''?—?°.?[Back-formation f. next.]?''trans.'' ‘To form into syllables.’?[¶?'''1775 Ash ''Suppl. ?Hence in later Dicts. * “ (syllabicate)
to syllabify
* 1654 , , Plain, brief, and pertinent Rules for the judicious and artificial Syllabication of all English Words , page 27
* 1926 , (1st ed., Oxford at the Clarendon Press), page 590, column 2, “syllabize &c.”
??Sylla·bicate,''' ''v. rare''?—?°.?[Back-formation f. next.]?''trans.'' ‘To form into syllables.’?[¶?'''1775 Ash ''Suppl. ?Hence in later Dicts. * “
As verbs the difference between syllabicate and syllabicated
is that syllabicate is to syllabify while syllabicated is past tense of syllabicate.syllabicate
English
Verb
- To Syllabicate , which is to find out a word by its syllables.
- syllabize' &c.?A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means?—?1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED):?—?
?syllabate 3????syllabation 2
?'''syllabicate 2????syllabication 1
?syllabify 2???? ?syllabification 1
?syllabize 1?????syllabization 3
One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization , & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
References
* “Sylla·bicate]” listed (immediately preceding “Syllabication”) on page 357 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th) of '' [1st ed., 1919]
??Sylla·bicate,''' ''v. rare''?—?°.?[Back-formation f. next.]?''trans.'' ‘To form into syllables.’?[¶?'''1775 Ash ''Suppl. ?Hence in later Dicts. * “
sy?llabicate, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989
syllabicated
English
Verb
(head)syllabicate
English
Verb
- To Syllabicate , which is to find out a word by its syllables.
- syllabize' &c.?A verb & a noun are clearly sometimes needed for the notion of dividing words into syllables. The possible pairs seem to be the following (the number after each word means?—?1, that it is in fairly common use; 2, that it is on record; 3, that it is not given in OED):?—?
?syllabate 3????syllabation 2
?'''syllabicate 2????syllabication 1
?syllabify 2???? ?syllabification 1
?syllabize 1?????syllabization 3
One first-class verb, two first-class nouns, but neither of those nouns belonging to that verb. It is absurd enough, & any of several ways out would do; that indeed is why none of them is taken. The best thing would be to accept the most recognized verb ''syllabize'', give it the now non-existent noun ''syllabization , & relegate all the rest to the Superfluous words; but there is no authority both willing & able to issue such decrees.
References
* “Sylla·bicate]” listed (immediately preceding “Syllabication”) on page 357 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th) of '' [1st ed., 1919]
??Sylla·bicate,''' ''v. rare''?—?°.?[Back-formation f. next.]?''trans.'' ‘To form into syllables.’?[¶?'''1775 Ash ''Suppl. ?Hence in later Dicts. * “
sy?llabicate, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989