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mel⋅o⋅dize

  [mel-uh-dahyz] verb, -dized, -diz⋅ing.
Use melodize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make melodious.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make melody.
3. to blend melodiously.
Also, especially British, mel⋅o⋅dise.

Origin:
1655–65; melod(y) + -ize

Related forms:
mel⋅o⋅diz⋅er, noun
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mel·o·dize   (měl'ə-dīz')   
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.
mel'o·diz'er, mel'o·dist n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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