English Explanatory Dictionary

tonicize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (a tone) temporarily become tonic.
  2. To produce tone or tension in (e.g. a muscle).

Word forms

tonicize tonicizes tonicizing tonicized

Etymology

From tonic + -ize.

Related words

tonicization
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