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concertize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English concert Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English concertize From concert + -ize.

Meanings

1. (US) To perform in concerts
   • I have been concertizing for the last three years, and studying alone. 1915, Harriette Brower, Piano Mastery:
   • Of the great romantic pianists, Vladimir Horowitz and Serkin are the only ones still actively concertizing. 1988 October 14, Dennis Polkow, “Serkin and Solti”, in Chicago Reader:
2. To adapt to the concert form
   • It was concertized folk music, complete with cello, but it had spirit. 2007 May 12, Jon Pareles, “A New Style for Portugal’s Old Fado, but the Songs Are Still Full of Emotion”, in New York Times:

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Deriveds

concertizer