| Hyphen (hyphen) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Hy"phen |
| [L., fr. Gr. (?), fr.
(?) under one, into one, together, fr. (?) under + (?), neut. of (?)
one. See Hypo-.] (Print.) |
A mark or short dash,
thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a
syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next
line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-
leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to
separate the syllables of words.
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| Hyphen (hyphen) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Hy"phen |
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To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as
two words or the parts of a word.
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