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tonicize

tonicize verb: to make (a tone) temporarily become tonic.

Verb

tonicize (third-person singular simple present tonicizes, present participle tonicizing, simple past and past participle tonicized)

  1. To make (a tone) temporarily become tonic.
  2. To produce tone or tension in (e.g. a muscle).

Forms of tonicize

third-person singular presenttonicizes
present participletonicizing
past participletonicized
pasttonicized

Origin of tonicize

From tonic + -ize.

Questions about tonicize

What does tonicize mean?
Tonicize means to make (a tone) temporarily become tonic.
What part of speech is tonicize?
Tonicize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tonicize?
The past tense of tonicize is tonicized.

Words near tonicize in the dictionary

  1. tonicifying
  2. tonicities
  3. tonicity
  4. tonicization
  5. tonicizations
  6. tonicize
  7. tonicized
  8. tonicizes
  9. tonicizing
  10. tonick
  11. tonicked

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