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- Harmony - n. - The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
- Harmony - n. - Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
- Harmony - n. - A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
- Harmony - n. - A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
- Harmony - n. - The science which treats of their construction and progression.
- Harmony - n. - See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
- Ethically - adv. - According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.
- Soprano - n. - The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.
- Accompaniment - n. - A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- Conform - v. t. - To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.
- Consistency - n. - Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
- Symphony - n. - A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.
- Concert - v. i. - To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
- Harmony - n. - A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
- Discord - v. i. - Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
- Air - n. - In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
- Consistent - a. - Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.
- Repose - v. - That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
- Harmonist - n. - One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.
- Agreement - n. - State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.
- Harmonist - n. - One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
- Inconsonancy - n. - Want of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought; disagreement.
- Rhyme - n. - An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
- Compose - v. t. - To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
- Cosmos - n. - The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.
- Tune - v. i. - To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.
- Natural - a. - Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.
- Concinnity - n. - Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.
- Irenics - n. - That branch of Christian science which treats of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology.
- Accord - v. t. - Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
- Tenor - n. - The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary.