syncopate
v.
emphasize the beats or accents that are usually not accented (Music); make a word shorter by omitting one or more syllables or letters in the middle (Grammar)
Syncopation
syncopated
Adjective
1. stressing a normally weak beat
(similar) rhythmical, rhythmic
syncopate
Verb
1. omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word"
(hypernym) shorten
(derivation) syncope, syncopation
2. modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
(hypernym) modify
(derivation) syncopation
(classification) music
Syncopated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Syncopate
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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