Methodize and Modulate

(v.t.) To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.

verb

• Change the key of, in music.
  • usage: "modulate the melody"
• Vary the pitch of one's speech.
  • synonyms: tone, inflect
• Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.
  • usage: "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
  • synonyms: regulate
• Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.
• Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves. ).

• (v.t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key or to a certain portion.
• (v.i.) To pass from one key into another.
• (v.t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.