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lyricize

lyricize verb: to make lyrical; to treat in a poetically sentimental or emotional manner.

Verb

lyricize (third-person singular simple present lyricizes, present participle lyricizing, simple past and past participle lyricized)

  1. (transitive) To make lyrical; to treat in a poetically sentimental or emotional manner.
  2. (transitive) To provide lyrics for (an existing melody).
    • Three numbers were taken from “The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,” a 1947 Betty Grable movie whose musical score consisted of posthumously lyricized George Gershwin tunes.2009 May 11, Stephen Holden, “The Gershwin Brother Who Treasured His Dictionary”, in New York Times

Forms of lyricize

third-person singular presentlyricizes
present participlelyricizing
past participlelyricized
pastlyricized

Origin of lyricize

From lyric + -ize.

Questions about lyricize

What does lyricize mean?
Lyricize means to make lyrical; to treat in a poetically sentimental or emotional manner.
What part of speech is lyricize?
Lyricize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lyricize?
The past tense of lyricize is lyricized.

Words near lyricize in the dictionary

  1. lyricisms
  2. lyricist
  3. lyricists
  4. lyricization
  5. lyricizations
  6. lyricize
  7. lyricized
  8. lyricizes
  9. lyricizing
  10. lyrick
  11. lyricks

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