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harmonise

harmonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of harmonize.

Meaning of harmonize

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
    • This explanation of the clan totem harmonizes with the supposed effect of killing one of the totem species.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 220
  2. (intransitive) To play or sing in harmony.
  3. (transitive) To provide parts to.
  4. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle.
    • 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...1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 4
  5. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

Forms of harmonise

third-person singular presentharmonises
present participleharmonising
past participleharmonised
pastharmonised

Words formed from harmonise

Questions about harmonise

What is harmonise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Harmonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of harmonize.

Words near harmonise in the dictionary

  1. harmonisabilities
  2. harmonisability
  3. harmonisable
  4. harmonisation
  5. harmonisations
  6. harmonise
  7. harmonised
  8. harmoniser
  9. harmonisers
  10. harmonises
  11. harmonising

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