Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In music, to provide (a melody or theme or passage) with a new harmony; rearrange harmonically.
  • To bring back into harmony or agreement.

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  • verb To harmonize again, or in a new way

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  • verb provide with a different harmony

Etymologies

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re- +‎ harmonize

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Examples

  • Thus our heroine, though possessed of more philosophy than usually falls to the share of a young beauty, could not sometimes prevent the intrusion of uneasy reflections: upon these occasions her harpsichord was her general resource, and a lesson from some favourite composer would, at any time, reharmonize her mind.

    Caroline; or, the Diversities of Fortune 1787

  • Songtrix can link tracks and automatically reharmonize them to accommodate the selection of a different chord or scale.

    2BakSa.Net 2008

  • G has been acting strange, i think that our energies are misaligned as of late and it seems that we want opposite things at opposite times. i figure it's just because of all the recent happenings and it will reharmonize when things become a bit more stable. last weekend we went down to san diego to visit a couple we've been "courting" for a while. we had dinner and drinks and returned to their place for more drinks and some conversation. they're really cool, sadly nothing really came of it. we had to leave simply because G had to go to work the next day. unfortunately, they are moving to texas tomorrow and we probably won't be seeing much of them anymore.

    ...\"When it rains, it pours\"... stardustcboy 2003

  • Some take weekends off to sit by a river, or in the wilderness via camping or by the beach to "reharmonize 'their vibrations.

    OpEdNews 2010

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