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Definition of: syncopate
(sing′kə·pāt) v.t. ·pat·ed, ·pat·ing
1. To contract, as a word, by syncope.
2. Music To treat or modify, as a tone, by syncopation. [<LL syncopatus, pp. of syncopare affect with syncope <syncope SYNCOPE]
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