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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sol-fa

· Sol·-fa · IPA
01 v. i. To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
imp. & p. p. Sol-faed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing
  1. 1.
    To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
    “Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.— Piers Plowman.
02 v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.
  1. 1.
    To sing to solmization syllables.
03 n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.
  1. 1.
    The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n. See: Tonic