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mel·o·dize (m

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v. mel·o·dized, mel·o·diz·ing, mel·o·diz·es

v.tr.

1. To write a melody for (a song lyric).

2. To make melodious.

v.intr.

To compose a melody.

melo·dizer, melo·dist n.

melodist

a person who composes or sings melodies.

See also: Music

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As a verbal melodist, especially a melodist of sweetness and of stately grace, and as a harmonist of prolonged and complex cadences, he is unsurpassable.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

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