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syncope |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syncope \Syn"co*pe\, n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr ? a cutting up a syncope; akin to ? to beat together, to cut up cut short, weavy; sy`n with + ? to strike, cut.] 1. (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. 2. (Mus.) Same as {Syncopation}. 3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See {Fainting}. 4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.] Revely, and dance, and show Suffer a syncope and solemn pause. --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: syncope n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: {faint}, {swoon}] 2: the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: {syncopation}]
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