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Definition
to regulate or make something less severe
or:
alter the pitch of one's voice; or other things such as the sound of a musical instrument or the characteristics of electromagnetic waves
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alter the pitch of one's voice; or other things such as the sound of a musical instrument or the characteristics of electromagnetic waves
- "I am very glad to hear it," said Dorothea, laughing out her words in a bird-like modulation, and looking at Will with playful gratitude in her eyes.Book 2 — Old and Young (98% in)
- ...in mid-pasture; the high bank where the ash-trees grew; the sudden slope of the old marl-pit making a red background for the burdock; the huddled roofs and ricks of the homestead without a traceable way of approach; the gray gate and fences against the depths of the bordering wood; and the stray hovel, its old, old thatch full of mossy hills and valleys with wondrous modulations of light and shadow such as we travel far to see in later life, and see larger, but not more beautiful.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (85% in)
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