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TUNE n. 10 definitions
A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune of your voices." Shak.
TUNEFUL a.
Harmonious; melodious; musical; as, tuneful notes. " Tuneful birds." Milton. -- Tune"ful*ly, adv. -- Tune"ful*ness, n.
TUNELESS a. 3 definitions
Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. " Thy tuneless serenade." Cowley. How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Goldsmith.
TUNER n.
One who tunes; especially, one whose occupation is to tune musical instruments.
ATTUNE v. 2 definitions
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.
BEFORTUNE v.
To befall. [Poetic] I wish all good befortune you. Shak.
CARE-TUNED a.
Weary; mournful. Shak.
CARETUNED a.
Weary; mournful. Shak.
DISTUNE v.
To put out of tune. [Obs.]
ENTUNE v.
To tune; to intone. Chaucer.
FORTUNE n. 8 definitions
appiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. Shak.
FORTUNELESS a.
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser.
IMPORTUNE a. 5 definitions
Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
IMPORTUNELY adv.
In an importune manner. [Obs.]
IMPORTUNER n.
One who importunes.
INFORTUNE n.
Misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.
INFORTUNED a.
Unfortunate. [Obs.] I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer.
INOPPORTUNE a.
Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc. No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook.
INOPPORTUNELY adv.
Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.
INTUNE v.
To intone. Cf. Entune.
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