intune

See also: in tune

English

Etymology

Compare entune.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːn

Verb

intune (third-person singular simple present intunes, present participle intuning, simple past and past participle intuned)

1. To intone (sing).
   • 1879, Francis Nona, The Fall of the Alamo:

     [At this moment the hymn: "Abide with me!" intuned by the soldiers in the chapel, and accompanied by the organ, is faintly heard in the room. During the first verse Travis stands listening; when the second verse is begun, Travis, raising his arms to Heaven, speaks with the greatest ecstasy:]

     stage directions

References

• “intune”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ineunt, tune in