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lyricizes

lyricizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lyricize.

Meaning of lyricize

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

Questions about lyricizes

What is lyricizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lyricizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lyricize.

Words near lyricizes in the dictionary

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

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