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synchronize

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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