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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sincopat, v. [17th c. Eng. syncopated (1667).] tr. To affect (a note in music) by the use of syncopation. —c1550-c1580 Art of Music 23b, 24.
For quhy the secund part of the noit sincopat is oft syis in conwoyng of discordis dewoluit. Ergo quha plesis in harmony to sincopat noittis to countrapwnt apone tenor he may [etc.]
