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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

H`ARMONIZE, v.i. To be in concord; to agree in sounds.
1. To agree; to be in peace and friendship; as individuals or families.
2. To agree in sense or purport; as, the arguments harmonize; the facts stated by different witnesses harmonize.
H`ARMONIZE, v.t. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree.
1. To make musical; to combine according to the laws of counterpoint.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]
2: write a harmony for [syn: harmonize, harmonise]
3: sing or play in harmony [syn: harmonize, harmonise]
4: bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests" [syn: harmonize, harmonise]
5: bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, reconcile]
6: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing [syn: harmonize, harmonise, chord]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-nized; -nizing) Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to play or sing in harmony 2. to be in harmony transitive verb 1. to bring into consonance or accord 2. to provide or accompany with harmony • harmonization noun • harmonizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (also -ise) 1 tr. add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony. 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) bring into or be in harmony. 3 intr. make or form a pleasing or consistent whole. Derivatives: harmonization n. Etymology: f. F harmoniser (as HARMONY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Harmonize Har"mo*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harmonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Harmonizing.] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ] 1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize. 2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations. 3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Harmonize Har"mo*nize, v. t. 1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of. 2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(harmonizes, harmonizing, harmonized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'harmonise' 1. If two or more things harmonize with each other, they fit in well with each other. ...slabs of pink and beige stone that harmonize with the carpet... Barbara White and her mother like to listen to music together, though their tastes don't harmonize. V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V 2. When governments or organizations harmonize laws, systems, or regulations, they agree in a friendly way to make them the same or similar. How far will members have progressed towards harmonising their economies? VERB: V n • harmonization Air France pilots called a strike over the European harmonisation of their working hours. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 3. When people harmonize, they sing or play notes which are different from the main tune but which sound nice with it. Bremer and Garland harmonize on the title song, 'Meet Me in St. Louis'. VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Make harmonious, reconcile, adjust to each other. 2. (Mus.) Set accompanying parts to. II. v. n. Accord, agree, correspond, chime, comport, tally, square, quadrate, cohere, be in unison, be harmonious.

Moby Thesaurus

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