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Syncopate

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Verb

1. syncopate

omit a sound or letter in a word

Example Sentences:
'syncopate a word'

2. syncopate

modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Syncopate

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verb (transitive)
1. music
to modify or treat (a beat, rhythm, note, etc) by syncopation
2. 
to shorten (a word) by omitting sounds or letters from the middle

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Syncopate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˌsyncoˌpated or ˌsyncoˌpating
1. 
to shorten (a word) by syncope
2.  Music
a. 
to shift (the regular accent) as by beginning a tone on an unaccented beat and continuing it through the next accented beat, or on the last half of a beat and continuing it through the first half of the following beat
b. 
to use such shifted accents in (a musical composition, passage, rhythmic pattern, etc.)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Syncopate

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tr.v. syn·co·pat·ed, syn·co·pat·ing, syn·co·pates
1. Grammar To shorten (a word) by syncope.
2. Music To modify (rhythm) by syncopation.

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