Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 middle; as, "Gloster" is a
syncopated form of "Gloucester."
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
syncopate
v 1: omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word"
2: modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
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