attune
[verb]
Synonyms: accustom, adapt, adjust, familiarize, harmonize, regulate

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Contrasted words: divide, separate, wean
Related Idioms: put in tune, set to rights (or in order)
Related Words: balance, compensate, counterbalance, accord, agree, fix, rectify, regulate

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attune verb. [ǝ'tju:n] L16.
[from AT- + TUNE verb.]
1. verb trans. Bring into musical accord. (Foll. by to.) L16.
■ Pope For Phemius to the lyre attuned the strain.

2. verb trans. Make tuneful or melodious. M17-L18.
■ Milton Aires, vernal aires..attune The trembling leaves.

3. verb trans. Bring (an instrument) to the correct pitch; tune. E18.

4. verb trans. fig. Bring into harmony or accord; make perfectly suited or receptive to. E18.
■ M. L. King My hearing was not attuned to the sound of such bitterness.
■ C. Sagan Life forms developed that were finely attuned to their specific environments.
■ J. Carey It's curious..that a novel so attuned to the selfishness and pain behind every face should transmit such an exuberant sense of life.

5. verb intrans. Harmonize with. E20.
fig.:
■ R. Langbridge This might have been carefully studied so as to attune with his general appearance.

■ attunement noun M19.

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