Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to octavate
Participle: octavated
Gerund: octavating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | octavate |
| you | octavate |
| he;she;it | octavates |
| we | octavate |
| you | octavate |
| they | octavate |
Perfect
| I | have octavated |
| you | have octavated |
| he;she;it | has octavated |
| we | have octavated |
| you | have octavated |
| they | have octavated |
Past
| I | octavated |
| you | octavated |
| he;she;it | octavated |
| we | octavated |
| you | octavated |
| they | octavated |
Pluperfect
| I | had octavated |
| you | had octavated |
| he;she;it | had octavated |
| we | had octavated |
| you | had octavated |
| they | had octavated |
Future
| I | will octavate |
| you | will octavate |
| he;she;it | will octavate |
| we | will octavate |
| you | will octavate |
| they | will octavate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have octavated |
| you | will have octavated |
| he;she;it | will have octavated |
| we | will have octavated |
| you | will have octavated |
| they | will have octavated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | octavate |
| you | octavate |
| he;she;it | octavate |
| we | octavate |
| you | octavate |
| they | octavate |
Perfect
| I | have octavated |
| you | have octavated |
| he;she;it | have octavated |
| we | have octavated |
| you | have octavated |
| they | have octavated |
Imperfect
| I | octavated |
| you | octavated |
| he;she;it | octavated |
| we | octavated |
| you | octavated |
| they | octavated |
Pluperfect
| I | had octavated |
| you | had octavated |
| he;she;it | had octavated |
| we | had octavated |
| you | had octavated |
| they | had octavated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would octavate |
| you | would octavate |
| he;she;it | would octavate |
| we | would octavate |
| you | would octavate |
| they | would octavate |
Perfect
| I | would have octavated |
| you | would have octavated |
| he;she;it | would have octavated |
| we | would have octavated |
| you | would have octavated |
| they | would have octavated |
Imperative
| you | octavate |
| we | Let's octavate |
| you | octavate |
Verbs conjugated like 'octavate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'octavate'
octaviate,
activate,
rotavate,
acervate,
actuate,
æstivate,
coactivate,
concavate,
cravat,
cyanate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1922; formed as octav(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), in the musical sense after the French octavier.
Sample Sentences
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The string, originally divided, will continue for some time to “octavate”. [1922, Diran Alexanian [aut.] and Frederick Fairbanks [tr.], Complete Cello Technique (2003 repub.), page 105]
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Adolphe Sax, when he invented the saxophone, had at first only in mind the object of improving the clarinet by permitting it to ‘octavate.’ [1947, Ernest Closson, translated by Delano Ames, History of the Piano, page 64:]
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‘Octavate’ (i.e. overblow at the octave. Does decimate mean to overblow at the tenth? Is the Primate the fundamental note of an instrument?). [1948, The Galpin Society Journal, I-IV, page 69:]
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When it octavates, the holes being closed, it often assumes its natural pitch again on opening the holes, instead of continuing its tones to the octave above, so that it octavates much more easily when the holes are closed than when they are unstopped. [1957, Marin Mersenne, translated by Roger Eddington Chapman, Harmonie Universelle, page 305:]
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Ability to ornament, octavate, play chords and do some improvising. [1984, VdGSA News, XXI-XXIV, page 39:]
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He varies and octavates, leaving Bach listeners thunderstruck. [2004, Deutschland, page 23:]
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2007, Michael Gallant, “OCTAVATE!: Spread your hands to create powerful sounds.” in Keyboard XXXIII–XXXIV, page unknown
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A 12-string doubles the octaves of only the lower four strings…. A doubled, capoed guitar “octavates up” the top two strings. [1999, Jon Chappell, The Recording Guitarist, page 133:]
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To octavate the number one hundred the reasoning is as follows. The square of eight goes into one hundred once with remainder thirty-six. This remainder contains eight to the first power four times with remainder four. Hence to express one hundred to the base 8 we write the digits 144 which in somewhat longer form may be put as 100 = 1×8² + 4×8 + 4. [1949, The American Mathematical Monthly, LVI, page 463:]