harmonize

[ hahr-muh-nahyz ]

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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.

Origin of harmonize

First recorded in 1475–85; late Middle English, also armonise, from Middle French harmoniser, equivalent to harmonie + -iser, verb suffix; see harmony, -ize

Also especially British, har·mo·nise .

Other words for harmonize

1	reconcile, compose
3	agree, accord

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Other words from harmonize

har·mo·niz·a·ble, adjective
har·mo·ni·za·tion, noun
har·mo·niz·er, noun
re·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.

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How to use harmonize in a sentence

Surely they must possess certain merits which do not harmonise together and certain virtues which are incompatible.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
Although the colours do not harmonise well with the old glass, they are in accord with the gorgeous colouring of the ceiling.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle | C. King Eley
But the common rendering appears to me to harmonise best with the preceding portion of it.
Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 | Various
By this means I make my faith in them harmonise with reason, but I cannot believe them according to their common meaning.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon Maimon
The bays and the mountains did not harmonise with the respective nations; the political order confused the physical order.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert

British Dictionary definitions for harmonize

harmonize

harmonise

/ (ˈhɑːməˌnaɪz) /

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 forms of harmonize

harmonizable or harmonisable, adjective

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