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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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