symphonizev.
/ˈsɪmfənʌɪz/ 1.
a. intransitive. To sing or sound together, in concert, or in harmony. Now rare or Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform in concert
harmonize1483
symphonizea1492
consort1590
chime in1681
concert1692
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlviii. f. lxxxxiiv/1 Melodyouse songes and armonyous as of Infenyte nombre of people, Symphonysynge more swetter thanne ony other Instrumentes.
1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 40 When many hearts doe gently symphonize.
1787 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1073/2 On the Coryphæus it depended..that the chorus altogether should symphonize.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1893) II. 134 His first little wolfish howl..may have symphonized with the ear-shattering trumpet.
b. Welsh Prosody. To have the same or a similar sound, to sound alike. Now rare or Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [verb (intransitive)] > assonate
assonate1656
symphonize1856
1856 J. Williams tr. Anc. Gram. Edeyrn §1804 When the syllable next to the main rhyme symphonises or co-rhymes with one of the preceding pauses.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 71 They decline the commonest Acceptions, but to make the Texts..Symphonize with their Tenents.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 253 The Law and Prophets Symphonizing with the Gospel.
1712 G. Wheler Liturgy 145 That we might symphonize with the Universal Church.
3.
a. To play a symphony (symphony n. 5a). Now rare or Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music
serenade1671
prelude1680
fugue1783
pastoralize1828
preludize1829
symphonize1833
ran-tan1866
counterpoint1875
rag1896
ragtime1908
jazz1916
rock1931
jivec1938
bop1947
blow1949
rock-and-roll1956
skiffle1957
hip-hop1983
1833 New Monthly Mag. July 292 To enable the orchestra to symphonize, and the singer to warble.
b. transitive. To accompany musically. Now rare or Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > accompany
accompany1583
symphonize1801
feed1949
comp1955
back1961
1801 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 4 During the dinner..we were symphoniz'd by republican tunes, play'd outside the window.
1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 103 A Gothic Castle..symphonis'd by the music of the waters.
4. To give the character or style of a symphony to (a piece of music), to render symphonic.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > score or orchestrate
instrument1822
score1839
rescore1846
instrumentalize1855
orchestrate1861
symphonize1932
overscore1947
1932 Amer. Speech Apr. 241 Jazz is meant for the mass, it isn't meant to be symphonized.
Derivatives
symphoniˈzation n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > orchestration
scoring1786
instrumentation1818
instrumentalism1830
orchestration1838
rescoring1874
symphonization1932
1932 Amer. Speech Apr. 241 Jazz is meant for the mass,..and all attempts at symphonization have been no more than negligible.
ˈsymphonized adj. composed in the manner of a symphony.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adjective] > symphony
symphonic1864
symphonized1946
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets i. 14 A spate of symphonized jazz and pseudo-jazz master-works.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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