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In some senses, entune is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
entune
verb 2
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3ADJ.
all
VERB + ENTUNE
judge, voice
ENTUNE + NOUN
disharmony, knight
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verb
1
To tune.
Let other bards their harps entune for knight and lady gay, Be mine the homely, humble task, to weave the plaintive lay, Which pleads for injured innocence, and breathes the heartfelt prayer For the gentle village maiden, heart-broken with despair.
And he shall come again, Shall judge the All, entune disharmony, Shall wipe all weeping eyes: the Lord of Lords, The Christ, the Lord himself, the mighty Lord!
2
To intone or sing.
And well I ween, ye cannot quite be fled, Ere ye entune his mournful elegy.
A voice that should entune love's melodies With tearful cadence, plaintive as the wind; Pleading enfranchisement from self-wound chain.
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Let other bards their harps entune for knight and lady gay, Be mine the homely, humble task, to weave the plaintive lay, Which pleads for injured innocence, and breathes the heartfelt prayer For the g
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And he shall come again, Shall judge the All, entune disharmony, Shall wipe all weeping eyes: the Lord of Lords, The Christ, the Lord himself, the mighty Lord!
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To celebrate in pean lays Returning months, let not that night Her voice entune.
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