"tonicize" meaning in English

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          "name": "Music",
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        "To make (a tone) temporarily become tonic."
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        "(music) To make (a tone) temporarily become tonic."
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        "music"
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        "(medicine) To produce tone or tension in (e.g. a muscle)."
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