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Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), v. i.
1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical
sounds.
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Whilst tuning to the water's fall,
The small birds sang to her. --Drayton.
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2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing
without pronouncing words; to hum. [R.]
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Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned} (t[=u]nd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tuning}.]
1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds;
to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone
of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. " Tune your harps."
--Dryden.
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2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to
make harmonious.
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For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton.
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3. To sing with melody or harmony.
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Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow,
Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
--Milton.
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4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak.
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Tune \Tune\ (t[=u]n), n. [A variant of tone.]
1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices."
--Shak.
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2. (Mus.)
(a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones
for one voice or instrument, or for any number of
voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such
series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as,
a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm
tune. See {Air}.
(b) The state of giving the proper sound or sounds; just
intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice
or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an
instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with
others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
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Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
--Shak.
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3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or
humor; right mood.
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A child will learn three times as much when he is in
tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to
[his task]. --Locke.
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