syllabize

[ sil-uh-bahyz ]
/ ˈsɪl əˌbaɪz /

verb (used with object), syl·la·bized, syl·la·biz·ing.

to syllabify.
Also especially British, syl·la·bise.

Origin of syllabize

1650–60; < Medieval Latin syllabizāre < Greek syllabízein. See syllable, -ize