Rhythmize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 To follow a rhythm. intransitive
Synonyms
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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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