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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.