From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhyphenatehy‧phen‧ate /ˈhaɪfəneɪt/ verb [transitive] SLto join words or syllables with a hyphen —hyphenated adjective —hyphenation /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hyphenate• Use the soft hyphen in words which would not be hyphenated if they fell in the middle of a line.• No attempt is made to hyphenate, justify or show the final page layout. 