Separate by a short dash (9)

I believe the answer is:

hyphenate

(Other definitions for hyphenate that I've seen before include "Make a dash" , "Add dash" , "Join two words with horizontal dash" , "How to combine handles, for example" , "with short line" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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