harmonizev.
/ˈhɑːmənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈhɑrməˌnaɪz/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform in concert
harmonize1483
symphonizea1492
consort1590
chime in1681
concert1692
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 255 b/2 The Thrones Songen, the domynacyons maden melodye, The pryncypates armonysed.
2.
a. intransitive. To be in harmony (with); to accord, agree (in sense, sentiment, feeling, artistic effect, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin 153 R. Tancuman shewes how the making of the Tabernacle harmonizeth with the making of the world.
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 24 It harmonizes well with his general character.
1855 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 4) ii. i. 129 Green..harmonizes with red, and..also harmonizes with russet.
1898 N.E.D. at Harmonize Mod. The colours do not harmonize.
b. Music. To be in harmony, form a concord.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > harmonize [verb (intransitive)]
harmonize1855
chord1866
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 208 The sounds that harmonise are..related to one another numerically in the number of their vibrations.
3. transitive. To bring into harmony, agreement, or accord; to make harmonious.
a. To make harmonious or concordant in sound; to attune. (In quot. 1791, to fill with harmony or music.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > make pleasant sound [verb (transitive)] > make musical or harmonious
harmonize1700
melodizea1727
balance1928
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > produce musical sound [verb (transitive)] > make melodious
attune1667
harmonize1700
melodizea1727
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 542 Love first invented Verse, and form'd the Rhime, The Motion measur'd, harmoniz'd the Chime.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 286 Most of these beautiful creatures who annually people and harmonize our forests and groves..are birds of passage.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 247 A music harmonizing our wild cries.
b. To reduce to internal harmony; to render tranquil or peaceful; to make agreeable in artistic effect. Also absol.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > bring into agreement or harmony > in artistic effect
atone1691
harmonize1727
1727 J. Thomson Summer 34 All his Passions aptly harmoniz'd.
1749 S. Johnson Irene iii. viii. 42 When social Laws first harmonis'd the World.
1798 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 136 Those habits of style which..harmonize and inspirit.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xlvii. 84 Bluest skies that harmonize the whole.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. iv. 59 It is the graces of the Spirit which harmonize the man, and make him one.
c. To bring into agreement (two or more things, or one thing with another); to reconcile.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > bring into agreement or harmony
concile1398
commune1423
agree1532
concord1548
conciliate1573
square1578
concent1596
tally1607
to wind up1608
accommodate1609
adjust1611
conform1646
reconcilea1672
attune1744
harmonize1767
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 22 The wise policy..is to harmonize agriculture and manufactures.
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 588/1 An attempt to harmonize the doctrines of the schools.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) iv. iii. 259 A man must have harmonised himself with the scenery.
d. To form a harmonious combination with.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)]
conspirec1384
accorda1393
to stand with ——c1449
to sit with ——a1500
correspond1545
resound1575
square1583
quader1588
to comport with1591
sympathize1594
beset1597
range1600
even1602
consort1607
to run with ——1614
countenancea1616
hita1616
sympathy1615
filea1625
quadrate?1630
consist1638
commensurate1643
commensure1654
to strike in1704
jig1838
harmonize1852
chime in with1861
equate1934
to tie in1938
to tune in1938
to tie up1958
1852 Art-Jrnl. Apr. 117/3 If it is necessary that the colours of the different articles of dress should..harmonise with each other.
1862 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. May 60/1 Flowers, and shells, and coloured fabrics that harmonise admirably with themselves and with the tropical scenery among which she lives.
1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 265 Then unexpectedly the bird alights, the crimson colour vanishes, the white spots disappear, and the bird again harmonizes with the hill.
1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. II. 72/1 Colour is used in one of the following ways: to break up the outline of the body, or to make it harmonize completely with the background, or to provide obliterative shading.
4. Music. To add notes, usually of lower pitch, to the notes of (a melody) so as to form chords; to add harmony to. Also absol.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > compose [verb (transitive)] > harmonize
harmonize1790
reharmonize1843
1790 (title) Songs Composed by Mrs. Hodges. Harmonised and Published by Mr. Hullmandel.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony (ed. 2) iv. 57 Take these three notes as a melody to be harmonized.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form ii. 4 Any man may learn how to harmonise correctly.
Derivatives
ˈharmonized adj.
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1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 86 A harmonized narrative of the martyrdom.
ˈharmonizing n. and adj.
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1643 J. Lightfoot Handfull Gleanings Exod. 23 The serious Harmonizing of the foure Evangelists together..will make this..cleare.
1789 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (ed. 2) 61 Fogs..spreading over the landscape a beautiful, grey harmonizing tint.
1872 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. The harmonising of labour and capital.
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