attune
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
attune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)
- (music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
- (music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
- (transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.
- By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.
- (transitive, poetic) To fill with music.
- c. 1771, James Beattie, Life and Immortality:
- Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed? / Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, / And spring shall soon her vital influence shed, / Again attune the grove, […]
Derived terms
Translations
to bring into musical accord
to tune an instrument
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