- (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
- (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specifically, in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
- (n.) The harmonious sound of bells or of musical instruments.
- (v.i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation or sound.
- (n.) See Chine, n., 3.
- (v.i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
- (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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