melodize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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(tr) to provide with a melody
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(tr) to make melodious
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(intr) to sing or play melodies
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Etymology
Origin of melodize
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He only is a painter who can melodize and harmonize hue—if he fail in this, he is no member of the brotherhood.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
Can any one say, after hearing this "Canzonetta sull' aria," that it is unnatural to melodize conversation?
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
First as music, as a hook, as a melodized lyric that qualifies as catchy despite its peculiarity.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
He sings in a paint-flat baritone that feels forthright, like melodized speech, but the pace and construction of his lyrics should make us wonder about what isn’t being said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2019
As the photographs proceeded, Aziz Tamoyan, a Yazidi mourner from Armenia, began a traditional melodized speech known as a kilamê ser—half song, half narrative story.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 20, 2016
Where a reader's feelings have been melodized by culture, they will protect him against the influence of a too artificial construction of the verse.
From The Voice and Spiritual Education by Corson, Hiram
This is not poetry, but it phrases a wish in a child's own way, to be melodized and fixed in a child's reverent and sensitive memory.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
But for haunting Polish melodizing, and dance rhythms that capture a whole national style, try the two Mazurkas, Tracks 14 and 15.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2017
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