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Webster 1913 Edition
Sforzato
{ ‖
Sfor-zan′do
, ‖Sfor-za′to
, }Adj.
[It.
sforzando
, p. pr., and sforzato
, p. p. of sforzare
to force.] (Mus.)
Forcing or forced; – a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; – marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or [GREEK].