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English
Etymology
octavate + -ed
Adjective
octavated (not comparable)
- (music, rare, of an instrument) Altered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.
1987, Bastiaan Blomhert, The Harmoniemusik of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, page 60:Ob 2 = violin 2 (octavated, except bar 4, which is from basset-horn 2)