Associations to the word «Syncopated»

Wiktionary

SYNCOPATE, verb. (transitive) (linguistics) to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
SYNCOPATE, verb. (transitive) (music) to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation

Dictionary definition

SYNCOPATE, verb. Omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word".
SYNCOPATE, verb. Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca