octavate (English, verb)
expansion: octavate (third-person singular simple present octavates, present participle octavating, simple past and past participle octavated)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To sound one octave higher or lower.
To resonate or sound one octave higher or lower.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of an instrument
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To sound one octave higher or lower.
To span (at least) one octave in playing a musical instrument.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a person
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To sound one octave higher or lower.
To double the pitch of (a part of itself).
tags: rare
transitive
raw_tags: construed with up
of an instrument
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To convert (the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.
tags: rare
Forms:
form: octavates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: octavating
tags: participle
present
form: octavated
tags: participle
past
form: octavated
tags: past