Meaning of INTONATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'intow`neyt
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- [v] recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
- [v] speak carefully, as with with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "pleas intonated with sadness"
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| | Synonyms: | | cantillate, chant, intone |
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| | See Also: | | judge, label, pronounce, sing, singsong | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to
thunder, resound.]
To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
\In"to*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Intonated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Intonating}.] [See {Intone}.]
1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to
practice the sol-fa.
2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured
manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
\In"to*nate\, v. t.
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to
intonate the liturgy.
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| | Related Terms: | | anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, croon, descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, inflect, intone, lilt, minstrel, modulate, pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel |
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