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• harmonise (non-Oxford British spelling)

From French harmoniser. By surface analysis, harmony +‎ -ize.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑː.mə.naɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹ.mə.naɪz/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mənaɪz
• Hyphenation: har‧mon‧ize

harmonize (third-person singular simple present harmonizes, present participle harmonizing, simple past and past participle harmonized) (American and Oxford British spelling)

1. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 220:

     This explanation of the clan totem harmonizes with the supposed effect of killing one of the totem species.

   • 1986 February 15, John Cronin, “More To It Than Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5:

     Late-night disruptions from the previous club repeatedly plagued the neighborhood. Mindful of this experience, we have been anxious to facilitate a new use for the building which would harmonize with the residential character of the area.

2. (intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
3. (transitive, music) To provide parts to.
4. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle.
   • 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 4:

     The flagrant contradiction between the two accounts is explained very simply by the circumstance that they are derived from two different and originally independent documents, which were afterwards combined into a single book by an editor, who pieced the two narratives together without always taking pains to soften or harmonize their discrepancies.

5. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

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harmonize

1. inflection of harmonizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative