Hyphenation of prosecute

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prosecute? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pros-e-cute

Definitions of prosecute:

1.	Conduct a prosecution in a court of law
2.	Bring a criminal action against (in a trial) The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
3.	Carry out or participate in an activity Be involved in She pursued many activities They engaged in a discussion

Synonyms of prosecute:

verb	act, move
verb	engage, pursue, act, move

Last hyphenations of this language

non-stoic seeled overworked Ogren forfeiture termitary apophonia separatedly anabella cocitizenship rhinopharyngitis well-earned agrestic S-scroll relisten geraty goggle-nose psoitis nonprolificness

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.