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

  Time \Time\ (t[imac]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timed} (t[imac]md);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Timing}.]
     1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at
        the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance
        rightly.
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              There is no greater wisdom than well to time the
              beginnings and onsets of things.      --Bacon.
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     2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in
        time of movement.
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              Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
                                                    --Addison.
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              He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
              Was timed with dying cries.           --Shak.
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     3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as,
        to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
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     4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  timed
       adj : regularly spaced in time; "closely timed intervals"

















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