From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Synchronized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Synchronizing}.] [Gr. ?.]
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
[1913 Webster]
The path of this great empire, through its arch of
progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De
Quincey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Synchronize \Syn"chro*nize\, v. t.
1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to
synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
"Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus."
--W. L. Bevan.
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2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the
movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
synchronize
v 1: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's
synchronize our efforts" [syn: {synchronize},
{synchronise}, {sync}] [ant: {desynchronise},
{desynchronize}]
2: happen at the same time [syn: {synchronize}, {synchronise},
{contemporize}, {contemporise}]
3: make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the
action; "synchronize this film" [syn: {synchronize},
{synchronise}]
4: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur;
"synchronize biblical events" [syn: {synchronize},
{synchronise}, {contemporize}, {contemporise}]
5: operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" [syn:
{synchronize}, {synchronise}]
6: cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your
watches" [syn: {synchronize}, {synchronise}]
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