Citations:octavate

Verb

 * 1922, Diran Alexanian [aut.] and Frederick Fairbanks [tr.], Complete Cello Technique: The Classic Treatise on Cello Theory and Practice (2003 republication; Dover Publications, Inc.; ISBN 0486426602, page 105
 * The acoustic effect of the central harmonic can be prolonged beyond the actual contact of the finger of the left hand. If one continues the movement of the bow, after having removed the pressure of the finger of the left hand, one will find that if the hairs of the bow continue their stroke l i g h t l y, the string, originally divided, will continue for some time to “octavate”, although apparently its full length has been reestablished by the suppression of the contact of the finger.
 * 1947, Ernest Closson [aut.] and Delano Ames [tr.], History of the Piano (P. Elek), page 64
 * It appears, moreover, from contemporary documents, that the sole motive of the inventors of the piano – as its very name ‘pianoforte’ indicates – was to remedy the harpsichord’s inability to play loud and soft. (In much the same way Adolphe Sax, when he invented the saxophone, had at first only in mind the object of improving the clarinet by permitting it to ‘octavate.’)
 * 1948, The Galpin Society Journal, issues 1–4, page 69
 * In this mixture of fact and fancy, the translator (Delano Ames) is responsible for many deft touches. Some are Frenchisms: p. 10 ‘cithare’, p. 53, ‘gamme heptaphone’ (why not heptatonic scale?); p. 64, ‘octavate’ (i.e. overblow at the octave. Does decimate mean to overblow at the tenth? Is the Primate the fundamental note of an instrument?); p. 66, ‘Retable de Maitre Pierre’ (usually […]
 * 1949, The American Mathematical Monthly: The Official Journal of the Mathematical Association of America, volume 56, page 463
 * To identify the process outlined above the author coins the verb “octavate.” For instance, 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.
 * 1957, Marin Mersenne [aut.] and Roger Eddington Chapman [tr.], Harmonie Universelle: The Books on Instruments (M. Nijhoff), page 305
 * And 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, because the wind ought to be stronger. Thence it comes that it is easier to make it take its natural tone by opening the last hole than by closing it, for which it is not easy to find the reason.
 * 1984, VdGSA News (Viola de Gamba Society of America), volumes 21–24, page 39
 * Have knowledge of various styles of music, ability to ornament, octavate, play chords and do some improvising.
 * 1990, The Recorder Magazine (Schott & Co.), volume 10, page 10
 * It also uses the verb ‘to octavate’ which though obvious in meaning, seems to me to carry emotive overtones as in ‘to expectorate’ or ‘to ejaculate’ but there I had better desist.
 * 1999, Jon Chappell, The Recording Guitarist: A Guide for Home and Studio, page 133
 * A 12-string doubles the octaves of only the lower four strings, so you don’t get a nice sparkling sound in the upper register. A doubled, capoed guitar “octavates up” the top two strings, which even a Nashville-tuned guitar won’t do.
 * 2004, Deutschland (Societäts-Verlag), page 23
 * He varies and octavates, leaving Bach listeners thunderstruck.
 * 2007, Michael Gallant, “OCTAVATE!: Spread your hands to create powerful sounds.” in Keyboard (GPI Publications), volumes 33–34, page unknown

Noun

 * 2000, Supriya Kumar Bhattacharjee, Handbook of Aromatic Plants (Pointer Publishers; ISBN 8171322174, 9788171322176), page 18
 * The epithelium linings situated at the top of our nose distinguishes between the various smells. There is an octavate of odours as well as octavates of notes in music. Like the keys of instruments, certain odours coincide or blend.