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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attune \At*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attuned}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Attuning}.] [Pref. ad- + tune.]
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     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.


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     2. To arrange fitly; to make accordant.
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              Wake to energy each social aim,
              Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove. --Beattie.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  attuned
       adj 1: 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "attuned":
     accordant, according, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amicable,
     assonant, assonantal, at one, blended, blending, chiming,
     compatible, concordant, congenial, consonant, corresponding,
     empathetic, empathic, en rapport, frictionless, harmonic,
     harmonious, harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in chorus,
     in concert, in concord, in rapport, in sync, in tune, in unison,
     inharmony, like-minded, monodic, monophonic, of one mind, peaceful,
     sympathetic, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, together,
     tuned, understanding, unisonant, unisonous, united
  
  

















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