rhythmize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm 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 rhythmize From rhythm + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To put into a rhythm; to make rhythmic.
Though we do not know the state of the folk-song of the Northern European peoples before the eleventh century, we see clearly, beginning with that period and afterwards, the tendency to rhythmize even the unrhythmical modes.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 110:
- (intransitive) To follow a rhythm.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhythmizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rhythmized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| rhythmized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| rhythmizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |