Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sforzando \Sfor*zan"do\, Sforzato \Sfor*za"to\, a. [It.
   sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.]
   (Mus.)
   Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to
   signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and
   force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz,
   or ?.