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Webster 1913 Edition
Modulate
Mod′u-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Modulated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Modulating
.] [L.
modulatus
, p. p. of modulari
to measure, to modulate, fr. modulus
a small measure, meter, melody, dim. of modus
. See Mode
.] 1.
To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
2.
To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner;
as, the organs of speech
. modulate
the voice in reading or speakingCould any person so
modulate
her voice as to deceive so many? Broome.
Mod′u-late
,Verb.
I.
(Mus.)
To pass from one key into another.
Webster 1828 Edition
Modulate
MOD'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To form sound to a certain key, or to a certain proportion.2.
To very or inflect sound in a natural, customary or musical manner. Thus the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking. Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many.