RUBATI

RUBATO

Ru*ba"to, a. Etym: [It.]

Definition: Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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