Might mean (unverified): Temporarily emphasize a different key.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (tonicize)

▸ verb:  (music) To make (a tone) temporarily become tonic.
▸ verb:  (medicine) To produce tone or tension in (e.g. a muscle).

Similar:
tone, tonic, tonify, tune, intone, tone up, betone, overtone, monotonize, intune, more...

Opposite:
atonicize, detonicize, de-energize

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Similar:
tone, tonic, tonify, tune, intone, tone up, betone, overtone, monotonize, intune, more...

Opposite:
atonicize, detonicize, de-energize



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