syllabize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

syllabize
    v 1: divide into syllables; "syllabify the words" [syn:
         {syllabify}, {syllabicate}, {syllabize}, {syllabise}]
    2: utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet
       syllabized the verses he read" [syn: {syllabize},
       {syllabise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Syllabize \Syl"la*bize\, v. t.
   To syllabify. --Howell.
   [1913 Webster]