SYNCOPATE
Syn"co*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syncopated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Syncopating.] Etym: [LL. syncopatus, p.p. of syncopare to syncopate,
to swoon. See Syncope.]
1. (Gram.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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.
SYNCOPATION
Syn`co*pa"tion, n.
1. (Gram.)
Defn: The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.