arpeggiate
verb
ar·peg·gi·ate
är-ˈpe-jē-ˌāt 
arpeggiated; arpeggiating
: to play (a chord or passage) in arpeggio
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Midwestern marketing executive Emily, on the other hand, is eager to dress and brand-agnostic, with her rainbow suite of berets, arpeggiating hemlines, and clashing prints as neutrals.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
Strings arpeggiate a rising minor chord, followed by a descending dominant seventh.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
Now, since the chords are rolled and arpeggiated, one can arpeggiate quicker or slower, and help the flow of the melody in a much more flexible style than what one hears when these chords are symmetrically crashing.
—David Allen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2017
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
Strings arpeggiate a rising minor chord, followed by a descending dominant seventh.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
Now, since the chords are rolled and arpeggiated, one can arpeggiate quicker or slower, and help the flow of the melody in a much more flexible style than what one hears when these chords are symmetrically crashing.
—David Allen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2017
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“Arpeggiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arpeggiate. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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