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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

syncope

syncopa

, Gr. [GREEK] a cutting up, a syncope; akin to [GREEK] to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy;

σύν

with + [GREEK] to strike, cut.]

(Gram.)

An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne’er for never, ev'ry for every.

(Mus.)

Same as

(Med.)

A fainting, or swooning. See

A pause or cessation; suspension.

[R.]

Revely, and dance, and show,
Suffer a

syncope

and solemn pause.

Cowper.