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hyphenate
hy·phen·ate [ hfə nàyt ] (past and past participle hy·phen·at·ed, present participle hy·phen·at·ing, 3rd person present singular hy·phen·ates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
use hyphen in: to separate or join words or parts of words using a hyphen

hy·phen·a·tion [ hfə náysh'n ] noun
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