octaviate

Etymology

Modelled on French octavier; see octavate for more.

verb

  1. To octavate.“He octaviates some fragments of the tune (including the first note) without even the excuse of avoiding difficult stopping. […] The transcriber adapts chords to his instrument, sometimes octaviates or simplifies the bass on technical grounds, but a peculiarity of this setting is the inclusion of some thorough-bass realization at places where the solo part plays in unison […]”