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Adjective: syncopated  'sing-ku`pey-tid
  1. Stressing a normally weak beat
    "These types of notes are called syncopations, and the measures where they are found syncopated measures"
Verb: syncopate  'sing-ku`peyt
  1. Omit a sound or letter in a word
    "syncopate a word"
     
  2. Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

See also: rhythmic, rhythmical, syncopation, syncopator

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