About The Word Syncopate
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Syncopate
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What's The Definition Of Syncopate?
[v] music: modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
[v] omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word" Synonyms | Synonyms for Syncopate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Syncopate: Syncopate In Webster's Dictionary \Syn"co*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syncopated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Syncopating}.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of
syncopare to syncopate, to swoon. See {Syncope}.]
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 ``Gloucester.''
2. (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.
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