See Also: two-time(dictionary)
one-time(dictionary)
old-time(dictionary)
Time(medicine)
Time(money)
time(2)(dictionary)
Just in Time(money)
just-in-time(dictionary)
time(dictionary)
Time value(money)

time (iou)



time verb. ME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb intrans.
a. Happen, occur. Usu. impers. in it times etc. Only in ME.
b. Fare (well or ill); spec. fare well, prosper. Only in ME.
II.
verb trans. Arrange the time of (an action or event); choose the occasion for; esp. do (a thing) at the right time. LME.
C. Chaplin I would time the moment that she left..so as to meet her.
verb trans. Mark the rhythm or measure of, as in music; sing or play in (good or bad) time. L15.
R. P. Graves Life was dominated and timed by the..church bells.
b. verb trans. Set the time of; regulate the rate or rhythm of; arrange the time of arrival of (a train etc.); cause to coincide in time with something (foll. by to). M17.
J. Tyndall Timing the pull to the lurching of the ship. Punch Special trains, timed to take..half-an-hour longer.
c. verb intrans. Keep time to; sound or move in unison or harmony with. poet. M19.
verb trans. Fix the duration of; regulate the operation of (a mechanism etc.) as to duration or time of operation; adjust (a clock etc.) to keep accurate time. L16.
C. Stoll A..bomb..timed to blow up sometime in the future.
verb trans. Ascertain the time at which (something) is done or happens; ascertain the time taken by (an action or the person doing it). L17.
R. K. Narayan He held a watch..and timed my run.
verb trans. & intrans. Fencing. Attack (an opponent) in time (TIME noun 4e). E19.