An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, bu
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Alt. of Antepenultima
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The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.
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Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.
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The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
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Same as Penult.
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Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
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The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
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Most remote; furthest; final; last.
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Alt. of Syllabical
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Alt. of Syllabical
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To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
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To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
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To form or divide into syllables.
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To form or divide into syllables.
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The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…
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