musicalize

[myoo-zi-kuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), mu·si·cal·ized, mu·si·cal·iz·ing.

to write or produce a musical version of (a book, play, etc.): an attempt to musicalize one of Shakespeare's comedies.

Also especially British, mu·si·cal·ise.

Origin of musicalize

First recorded in 1915–20; musical + -ize

Related formsmu·si·cal·i·za·tion, noun