Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attuned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
attuned
adj 1: (music) brought to correct pitch; "his tuned violin"; "the
attuned instruments" [syn: {tuned}]
2: so adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony;
"an industry not attuned to the demands of the market"; "a
remark keyed to the situation"; "charges finely tuned to
the amount a student can afford" [syn: {keyed}, {tuned}]
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