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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Attune  \At*tune"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Attuned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Attuning}.]  [Pref.  ad-  +  tune.] 
  1.  To  tune  or  put  in  tune;  to  make  melodious;  to  adjust  as 
  one  sound  or  musical  instrument  to  another;  as  to  attune 
  the  voice  to  a  harp. 
 
  2.  To  arrange  fitly;  to  make  accordant. 
 
  Wake  to  energy  each  social  aim  Attuned  spontaneous 
  to  the  will  of  Jove.  --Beattie. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  attuned 
  adj  1:  (music)  brought  to  correct  pitch;  "his  tuned  violin";  "the 
  attuned  instruments"  [syn:  {tuned}] 
  2:  so  adjusted  as  to  be  appropriate  or  brought  into  harmony; 
  "an  industry  not  attuned  to  the  demands  of  the  market";  "a 
  remark  keyed  to  the  situation";  "charges  finely  tuned  to 
  the  amount  a  student  can  afford"  [syn:  {keyed},  {tuned}] 




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