syncopal (sing kopal)

[ syncope peal. Pertaining to or resembling syncope. Syncopal asphyxia, a form of asphyxia in which the cavities of the heart are found empty. syncopate (sing'kō-pāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. syncopated, ppr. syncopating. [ It. sincopare = Sp. sincopar = Pg.syncopar = F. syncoper ), syncopate, The time has long past for such syncopations and com pre ions as gave us arbalist, governor, pedant, and procrator. tor, from arcubalist a, gubernator, pædagogans, and procuF. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 175, note. 2. In music, the act, proce , or result of inverting the rhythmic accent by beginning a tone or tones on an unaccented beat or pulse, and sustaining them into an accented one, so that the proper emphasis on the latter is more or le transferred back or anticipated. Syncopation may occur wholly within a measure, or may extend from measure to measure. In the following pa age the syncopations are marked by asterisks.