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Attune

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

  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.

  2. To arrange fitly; to make accordant.

    Wake to energy each social aim, Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove.
    --Beattie.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
attune

1590s, from tune (v.), "probably suggested by ATONE" [OED]. Related: Attuned; attuning.

Wiktionary
attune

vb. 1 (context music English) to bring into musical accord 2 (context music English) to tune an instrument 3 to bring into harmony or accord.

WordNet
attune

v. adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with

Usage examples of "attune".

Soul is allotted its fortunes, and not at haphazard but always under a Reason: it adapts itself to the fortunes assigned to it, attunes itself, ranges itself rightly to the drama, to the whole Principle of the piece: then it speaks out its business, exhibiting at the same time all that a Soul can express of its own quality, as a singer in a song.

With voice far sweeter than thy dying notes, Spirit more vast than thine, frame more attuned To beauty, wasting these surpassing powers In the deaf air, to the blind earth, and heaven That echoes not my thoughts?

And thus it is small wonder that, in these ecologically disastrous times, many moderns are attempting to resurrect the natural wisdom of tribal awareness more attuned with the biosphere.

Nature draws us because it is in some way attuned to our feelings, so that it can reflect and intensify those we already feel or else awaken those which are dormant.

Bryan, his radar attuned to free entertainment, poked his head into the room from the hallway.

More than anything, she wanted to learn that dance, to weave her own sword in graceful circles, to feel her bare feet become so attuned to the moist grass below them that they could feel every blade and every contour in the ground.

His genius was more attuned to an overall vision, not to technical details.

A rose is attuned to the rhythm of the seasons, responding to the slightest changes in daylight and temperature, the angle of the sun, and the moisture in the soil.

If there was one thing that was highly attuned within me, it was a sense of imminent danger.

Be sure that not without reason did the ancients feign Eros to be the eldest of the gods, by whom the jarring elements of chaos were attuned into harmony and order.

Death could be no greater loneliness than this knowledge that you were forever cut off from other minds attuned to yours in a way that, once experienced, became forever necessary.

For this campaign, the mages had given him a crystal attuned to his squadron and flight leaders.

Formative Mind and so we are more readily attuned to those people with whom we are attached or associated, for the intertwining of our destinies is written into the mind centres of all concerned.

Whatever the Yuuzhan Vong were bringing across, it was attuned to their galaxy in a way its masters would never be.

The question before the group was as obvious as it was pressing, and the Jedi were well-enough attuned to each other to realize their next task was making a plan.