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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Synchronized};
p. pr & vb n. {Synchronizing}.] [Gr. ?.]
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
The path of this great empire, through its arch of
progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De
Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. t.
1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as to
synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
``Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus.''
--W. L. Bevan.
2. To cause to agree in time; as to synchronize the
movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
synchronize
v 1: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's
synchronize our efforts" [syn: {sync}] [ant: {desynchronize}]
2: happen at the same time [syn: {contemporize}]
3: make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the
action
4: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur;
"synchronize bibliocal events" [syn: {contemporize}]
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