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Definition of Retunes
1. retune [v] - See also: retune
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retunes
Literary usage of Retunes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"... and clap their wings; When Noble Sheffield strikes the trembling strings,
retunes the Lyre, and tries his wonted Strain j > 'Anacreon lives,' they cry, ..."
2. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"... 'Anacreon lives,' they cry, 'th' harmonious Swain "Ì retunes the Lyre, and
tries his wonted Strain ; > Tis He—our lost Anacreon lives again. ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... The little Loves rejoice, and clap their wings; " Anacreon lives," they
cry, "th1 harmonious swain retunes the lyre, and tries his wonted strain, ..."
4. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2001)
"... the situation should be tolerable for the short time in which the RF feedback
control system retunes the accelerator to compensate for the failed unit. ..."
5. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and by Thomas Campbell (1853)
"... drooping spirit he revived, For consolation oft, with healing art, retunes
the jarring numbers of the heart. Now had the pilots all the events revolved, ..."
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