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modulate
verb
1 modulate
Change the key of, in music.
Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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Roget 469:
qualify,
limit,
modify,
leaven,
give a color to,
introduce new conditions,
narrow,
temper.
waffle,
quibble,
hem and haw
(be uncertain)
475;
equivocate
(sophistry)
477.
depend,
depend on,
be contingent on
(effect)
154.
allow for,
make allowance for;
admit exceptions,
take into account;
modulate.
moderate,
temper,
season,
leaven.
take exception.
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2 modulate
Vary the pitch of one's speech.
synonyms: inflect, tone.
3 modulate
Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of:
— Modulate the pitch.
synonym: regulate.
Dutch: regelen, moduleren
4 modulate
Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.
5 modulate
Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).
Dutch: moduleren
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