TIME

Definitions

1. 1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.
2. 2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. Shak.
3. 3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
4. 4. To measure, as in music or harmony.