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See also:SYNCOPE (Gr. vvyKO7n , a cutting up or See also:short, from Kbirrew, to cut) , a See also:term used in See also:grammar for the elision of a See also:letter or syllable in the See also:middle of a word (e.g . " ne'er " for " never "); and in See also:medicine for the See also:condition of fainting or See also:shock (q.v.); and so occasionally in a See also:general sense for a suspension or cessation of See also:function . " Syncopate " and " syncopation " are analogous derivatives; and in See also:music a syncopation is the rhythmic method of tying ('') two beats of the same See also:note into one See also:tone in such a way as to displace the See also:accent . |
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