agogicagogic means accentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.EtymologyApparently from German Agoge (“tempo”), from Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, “carrying, leading, reduplicated formation; tempo”), + -ic, after German agogisch. By surface analysis, agoge + -ic.adjAccentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.“On most early instruments, changes were made only at agogic pauses, caesuras, repeats or between sections.”nounAn accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.