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distune, v.|dɪsˈtjuːn|
[f. dis- 6 or 7 + tune.]
trans. To put out of tune. Hence diˈstuned ppl. a.
c1484Caxton Lyfe Our Ladye D iv/2 (R. Supp.), The clapper of his distuned belle. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Furies Argt., Their Harmonie dis-tuned by His iarre. 1664J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius ii. iii, Distune a viol, And you may set it to what tone you please. 1755Pearsall Contempl. Harvest (ed. 2) I. 177 His harp..distuned in every string. 1887Swinburne Locrine iv. i. 209 A broken chord Whose jar distunes the music.
fig.1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 96 Where the spirits are so distuned. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 94 It [anger] distunes the spirit for duty. 1801Lamb J. Woodvil iv, O most distuned and distempered world. 1887Swinburne Locrine i. i. 292 What thought distempers and distunes thy woe? |