to time the beginnings and onsets of things.
To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.
He was a thing of blood, whose every motion
Was timed with dying cries.
To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
To measure, as in music or harmony.
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Time, v. i.
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
With oar strokes timing to their song.
To pass time; to delay.
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