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Webster 1913 Edition
Syncopate
Syn′co-pate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Syncopated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syncopating
.] 1.
(Gram.)
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle;
as, “Gloster” is a
.” syncopated
form of “Gloucester2.
(Mus.)
To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.
Webster 1828 Edition
Syncopate
SYN'COPATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
In music, to prolong a note begun on the unaccented part of a bar, to the accented part of the next bar; or to connect the last note of a bar with the first of the following; or to end a note in one part, in the middle of a note of another part.Definition 2024
syncopate
syncopate
English
Verb
syncopate (third-person singular simple present syncopates, present participle syncopating, simple past and past participle syncopated)
- (transitive, linguistics) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
- (transitive, music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
Translations
linguistics: to use syncope
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music: to stress a weak beat
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