octaviate

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verb

To octavate.

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Meanings

verboctaviate (third-person singular simple present octaviates, present participle octaviating, simple past and past participle octaviated)

present singular third person octaviates · participle present octaviating · participle past octaviated · past octaviated

  1. rareentertainmentTo octavate.

    As the fundamentals of each fof begin to octaviate, they are desynchronized by individual envelopes, […]

    2000, Richard Charles Boulanger, editor, the csound book, page 317
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    He octaviates some fragments of the tune (including the first note) without even the excuse of avoiding difficult stopping. […] The transcriber adapts chords to his instrument, sometimes octaviates or simplifies the bass on technical grounds, but a peculiarity of this setting is the inclusion of some thorough-bass realization at places where the solo part plays in unison […]

    1992, Chelys, volumes 21-22, page 33 & 37

    In Marseille, I also generated some synthetic sounds with the MUSICV program. I chose a defective major-minor pitch scale, which does not exactly octaviate […]

    2002, J C Risset, “Examples of the musical use of digital audio effects”, in Journal of New Music Research

Origin

Modelled on French octavier; see octavate for more.

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APA

octaviate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octaviate

MLA

“octaviate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octaviate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “octaviate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/octaviate.

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