Definition of syncopate Syncopate

/sɪˈŋkʌpejˌt/ - [singkupeyt] - syn•co•pate

We found 8 definitions of syncopate from 5 different sources.

What does syncopate mean?

Verb syncopeats, syncopeating, syncopeaten
syncopate - modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
		modify make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
syncopate - omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word"
		shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

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syncopate (Verb)
To omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope.
syncopate (Verb)
To stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation.

syncopate (v. t.)
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."
syncopate (v. t.)
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.

syncopate
sing′kō-pāt, v.t. to contract, as a word, by taking away letters from the middle: (mus.) to unite by a slur the last note of a bar to the first note of the next.—adjs. Syn′copal, Syncop′ic, pertaining to syncope.—ns. Syncopā′tion, act of syncopating; Syn′cope, the omission of letters from the middle of a word, as ne'er for never: (med.) a fainting-fit, an attack in which the breathing and circulation become faint: (mus.) syncopation.—v.t. Syn′copise, to contract by syncope.—n. Syn′copist.—adj. Syncop′tic. [Low L. syncopāre, -ātum—L. syncope—-Gr. syn, together, koptein, to cut off.]