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harmonize

especially British, ³ó²¹°łĀ·³¾“ĒĀ·²Ō¾±²õ±š

[hahr-muh-nahyz]

verb (used with object)

harmonized, harmonizing 
  1. to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement.

    to harmonize one's views with the new situation.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. Music.Ģżto accompany with appropriate harmony.



verb (used without object)

harmonized, harmonizing 
  1. to be in agreement in action, sense, or feeling.

    Though of different political parties, all the delegates harmonized on civil rights.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. to sing in harmony.

harmonize

/ ˈ³óɑː³¾É™ĖŒ²Ō²¹ÉŖ³ś /

verb

  1. to make or become harmonious

  2. (tr) music to provide a harmony for (a melody, tune, etc)

  3. (intr) to sing in harmony, as with other singers

  4. to collate parallel narratives

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • harmonizable adjective
  • harmonization noun
  • harmonizer noun
  • reharmonize verb (used with object)
  • unharmonize verb (used with object)
  • ˈ³ó²¹°ł³¾“Ēˌ²Ō¾±³ś²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of harmonize1

First recorded in 1475–85; late Middle English, also armonise, from Middle French harmoniser, equivalent to harmonie + -iser, verb suffix; harmony, -ize
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Orff wrote the piece in Germany during the Nazi regime, and it was very popular with the Nazis — harmonizing uncomfortably well with their testosterone-fueled propaganda.

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She harmonizes while he sketches out a new song called ā€œBlowin’ in the Wind.ā€

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ā€œWe fight through the dark together / our future is bright,ā€ they harmonize, keeping their backs as straight as a church choir.

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In ā€œLutherā€ she harmonizes with Lamar about selfless love and, in the album’s closing track ā€œGloria,ā€ she adds moving vocals to the rapper’s ode to writing.

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All of these dehumanizing policies were sold under the banner of ā€œscienceā€ and harmonized with the nation’s racist fears of criminally inferior people.

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