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Answer for the clue "Forming or dividing words into syllables ", 15 letters:
syllabification

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Word definitions for syllabification in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Syllabification \Syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See Syllabify .] Same as Syllabication . --Rush. Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. --H. Sweet.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Syllabification (pronunciation: ) or syllabication is the separation of a word into syllables , whether spoken or written.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the division of a word into syllables.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. forming or dividing words into syllables [syn: syllabication ]

Usage examples of syllabification.

This is generally done without disturbing the syllabification, and it in no way impairs or obscures the dominant measure.

After reading a certain amount of manuscript verse one is disposed to anathematize the inventor of homophonous syllabification.