syncopate

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They syncopate language like an improvising jazz musician in the zone.

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  1. transitive verb Grammar To shorten (a word) by syncope.
  2. transitive verb Music To modify (rhythm) by syncopation.

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  1. Late Latin syncopāre, syncopāt-, from syncopē, syncope; see syncope.

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  1. from Late Latin syncopatus, past participle of syncopare, faint away (later Italian sincopare = Spanish sincopar = Portuguese syncopar = French syncoper), syncopate, from syncope, syncope: see syncope.
 

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/ˈsɪŋkəpeɪt/
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