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

  Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned} (t[=u]nd); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Tuning}.]
     1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds;
        to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone
        of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. " Tune your harps."
        --Dryden.


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     2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to
        make harmonious.
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              For now to sorrow must I tune my song. --Milton.
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     3. To sing with melody or harmony.
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              Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow,
              Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. To put into a proper state or disposition. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tuned
       adj 1: brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the attuned
              instruments" [syn: {attuned}]
       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: {attuned}, {keyed}]
       3: tuned in equal temperament; or so tuned as to allow
          modulation into other keys

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

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuned":
     accordant, according, assonant, assonantal, attuned, blended,
     blending, chiming, concordant, consonant, harmonic, harmonious,
     harmonizing, homophonic, in accord, in chorus, in concert,
     in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison, melodic, monodic,
     monophonic, musical, songful, symphonious, synchronized,
     synchronous, tuneful, unisonant, unisonous
  
  

















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