Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
MELODIZE
melodize, melodise
(verb) supply a melody for
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
melodize (third-person singular simple present melodizes, present participle melodizing, simple past and past participle melodized)
(intransitive) To compose or play melodies.
(transitive) To make melodious; to write a melody for (existing text).
Anagrams
• modelize
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"o*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melodized; p. pr. & vb. n. Melodizing.]
Definition: To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
Mel"o*dize, v. i.
Definition: To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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