- syncopare
- /sinkspe riy/ To cut short, or pronounce things so as not to be understood
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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Syncopate — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Syncopated — Syncopate 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Syncopating — Syncopate 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
syncopate — syncopator, n. /sing keuh payt , sin /, v.t., syncopated, syncopating. 1. Music. a. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. b. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way. 2. Gram. to contract (a word) by omitting one or… … Universalium
syncopate — c.1600, from L.L. syncopatus, pp. of syncopare to shorten, also to faint away, to swoon, from L.L. syncope (see SYNCOPE (Cf. syncope)). Originally “to shorten words by omitting syllables or letters in the middle;” musical sense is from 1660s … Etymology dictionary
syncopation — 1530s, contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds, from M.L. syncopationem (nom. syncopatio) a shortening or contraction, from syncopare to shorten, also to faint away, to swoon, from L.L. syncope (see SYNCOPE (Cf. syncope)). Musical… … Etymology dictionary
syncopate — [siŋ′kə pāt΄, sin′kə pāt΄] vt. syncopated, syncopating [< ML syncopatus, pp. of syncopare, to cut short < LL, to swoon < syncope: see SYNCOPE] 1. to shorten (a word) by syncope 2. Music a) to shift (the regular accent) as by beginning a… … English World dictionary
syncopate — v.tr. 1 Mus. displace the beats or accents in (a passage) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa. 2 shorten (a word) by dropping interior sounds or letters, as symbology for symbolology, Gloster for Gloucester. Derivatives: syncopation n … Useful english dictionary
syn|co|pate — «SIHNG kuh payt», transitive verb, pat|ed, pat|ing. 1. Music. a) to begin (a tone) on an unaccented beat and hold it into an accented one. b) to shift (accents) to regularly unaccented beats. c) to introduce syncopation into (a passage) … Useful english dictionary
