Meanings
verbmusicalise (third-person singular simple present musicalises, present participle musicalising, simple past and past participle musicalised)
present singular third person musicalises · participle present musicalising · participle past musicalised · past musicalised · alternative British English Oxford US musicalize
- UKTo set (a text etc) to music.
Although she [Maurine Watkins] was adamant about it throughout her lifetime, after she was dead, her executors gave permission to musicalise her work.
1997, Stephen Citron, The Musical from the Inside Out, Elephant Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 108 - UKTo compose music for a dramatic work.
Origin
Translations
Catalan musicar
- musicarto set to music
Portuguese musicar
- musicarto set to music
Spanish musicar
- musicarto set to music
Cite this entry
APA
musicalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicalise
MLA
“musicalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musicalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musicalise.
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