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hyphenate Definition


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hyphenate
verb
    hyphenated, hyphenating
    1. To join or separate two words or parts of words with a hyphen.
Derivative: hyphenated
    Containing a hyphen.
    ( Amer)
    Of mixed nationality A1890s: because such people have their nationality expressed in a hyphenated word such as Irish-American.
Derivative: hyphenation
noun
    Etymology: 19c.



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