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Definition of Melodize
1. Verb. Supply a melody for.
Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Compose, Write
Derivative terms: Melody
Definition of Melodize
1. v. t. To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
2. v. i. To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
Definition of Melodize
1. Verb. (intransitive) To compose or play melodies ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make melodious; to write a melody for existing text ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Melodize
1. to compose a melody [v -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodize
Literary usage of Melodize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See melodize. melodist (mel'o-dist), я. [= F. mélodiste; as melody + -ist.] l.
A composer or singer of songs and melodies: sometimes opposed to harmoniser. ..."
2. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"... sweet To murmur through the heaven-breathing groves And melodize with man's
blest nature there. Those deserts of immeasurable sand, ..."
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