Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TIME, v.t.

1. To adapt to the time or occasion; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, the measure is well timed, or ill timed. No small part of political wisdom consists in knowing how to time propositions and measures. Mercy is good, but kings mistake its timing. Dryden.
2. To regulate as to time; as, he timed the stroke. Addison.
3. To measure; as in music or harmony. Shak.