- 1. a. Robbed; borrowed. Source: opted
- 2. n. a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat Source: wordnet
- 3. 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
- 4. Robbed; borrowed. Temple rubato. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) Borrowedtime; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tonesare held longer than their legitimate time, while others areproportionally curtailed. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat Source: ecdict
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