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hyphenate (v.)
1881, from
hyphen
+
-ate
(2). The earlier verb was simply
hyphen
(1814). Related:
Hyphenated
;
hyphenating
.
Hyphenated American
"immigrant citizen perceived as having divided loyalties" is attested from 1889.
