reharmonize

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verb

To harmonize again, or in a new way

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbreharmonize (third-person singular simple present reharmonizes, present participle reharmonizing, simple past and past participle reharmonized)

present singular third person reharmonizes · participle present reharmonizing · participle past reharmonized · past reharmonized · alternative reharmonise

  1. To harmonize again, or in a new way

    There was more leisurely space for his playing in the first half — he sparkled on a richly reharmonized “Over the Rainbow,” his longtime trump card — but the second half felt more purposeful and vital.

    2009 February 24, Nate Chinen, “Horns Add Heft for a Strutting Piano Vamp”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

verbprovide with a different harmony

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishharmonize
  7. Englishreharmonize

From re- + harmonize.

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APA

reharmonize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reharmonize

MLA

“reharmonize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reharmonize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reharmonize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reharmonize.

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