Rhythmize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To put into a rhythm; to make rhythmic. transitive

    "Though we do not know the state of the folk-song of the Northern European peoples before the eleventh century, we see clearly, beginning with that period and afterwards, the tendency to rhythmize even the unrhythmical modes."

  2. 2
    To follow a rhythm. intransitive

Example

More examples

"Though we do not know the state of the folk-song of the Northern European peoples before the eleventh century, we see clearly, beginning with that period and afterwards, the tendency to rhythmize even the unrhythmical modes."

Etymology

From rhythm + -ize.

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