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tune

n. [A variant of tone.]1. A sound; a note; a tone. (Shak.)

2. (Mus.) 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. ()

Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. (Shak.)

3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. ()

A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. (Locke.)

v. t. 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. (Dryden.)

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2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. ()

For now to sorrow must I tune my song. (Milton.)

3. To sing with melody or harmony. ()

Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. (Milton.)

4. To put into a proper state or disposition. (Shak.)

v. i. 1. To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. ()

Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. (Drayton.)

2. To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum. ()