Sentence:  Mercer 's Whiteman association <WSD>brought</WSD> him into contact with Hoagy Carmichael , whose `` Snowball '' Mercer relyriced as `` Lazybones '' , in which form it became a hit and marked the real beginning of Mercer 's song writing career . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  cause to come into a particular state or condition