harmonize

[hahr-muh-nahyz]

verb (used with object), har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing.

to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.

Music. to accompany with appropriate harmony.

verb (used without object), har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing.

to be in agreement in action, sense, or feeling: Though of different political parties, all the delegates harmonized on civil rights.

to sing in harmony.

Also especially British, har·mo·nise.

Origin of harmonize

1475–85; earlier armonise < Middle French harmoniser. See harmony, -ize

Related formshar·mo·niz·a·ble, adjectivehar·mo·ni·za·tion, nounhar·mo·niz·er, nounre·har·mo·nize, verb (used with object), re·har·mo·nized, re·har·mo·niz·ing.un·har·mo·nize, verb (used with object), un·har·mo·nized, un·har·mo·niz·ing.

Synonyms for harmonize

1. reconcile, compose. 3. agree, accord.

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Examples from the Web for harmonise

Historical Examples of harmonise

There was little in the city we now lived in to harmonise with "romance."
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II)
Edmund Downey
Religious meditation does not harmonise with epigrammatical satire.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)
Leslie Stephen
"You told me to harmonise that Christmas carol," he remarked, rather shortly.
Michael
E. F. Benson
They were both very good, but their characters did not harmonise.
Fantmas
Pierre Souvestre
They harmonise with each other, and give mutual aid to one another.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents
Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for harmonise

harmonize

harmonise

verb

to make or become harmonious

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

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

to collate parallel narratives

Derived Formsharmonizable or harmonisable, adjective

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Word Origin and History for harmonise

harmonize

late 15c., "play or sing in harmony," from French harmoniser (15c.), from Old French harmonie (see harmony). Meaning "be in harmony" is from 1620s; that of "bring into agreement" is from 1727. Related: Harmonized; harmonizing.