Text: Main Entry: syn·co·pate Pronunciation: 'si[ng]-k&-"pAt, 'sin- Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): -pat·ed; -pat·ing Date: 1605 1 a : to shorten or produce by syncope b : to cut short : CLIP, ABBREVIATE 2 : to modify or affect (musical rhythm) by syncopation - syn·co·pa·tor /-"pA-t&r/ noun [Merriam Webster] SYN'COPATE, v.t. [See Syncope.] To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle. 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. [Webster's 1828] Syncopate (Page: 1463) 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. [Webster's 19130

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