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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr & vb n.
{Toning}.]
1. To utter with an affected tone.
2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to to tune. See
{Tune}, v. t.
3. (Photog.) To bring as a print, to a certain required
shade of color, as by chemical treatment.
{To tone down}.
a To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower
tone to
b (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less
brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition
of color, by making it more harmonius.
Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C.
Kingsley.
c Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the
striking characteristics of to soften.
The best method for the purpose in hand was to
employ some one of a character and position
suited to get possession of their confidence,
and then use it to tone down their religious
strictures. --Palfrey.
{To tone up}, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to
give a higher tone to to make more intense; to heighten;
to strengthen.
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