instrumentalize
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
- (music) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice
Etymology
Suffix from English instrumental.
Origin
English
instrumental
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deinstrumentalize English
- instrumental English
- instrumentalisation English
- instrumentalism English
- instrumentalist English
- instrumentality English
- instrumentalizer English
- instrumentally English
- instrumentalness English
- noninstrumental English
- uninstrumental English
- インストゥルメンタル Japanese
- instrumental Middle English