CANTILLATE

chant, intone, intonate, cantillate

(verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; “The rabbi chanted a prayer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

cantillate (third-person singular simple present cantillates, present participle cantillating, simple past and past participle cantillated)

To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue).

Anagrams

• Cattellian

Source: Wiktionary


Can"til*late, v. i. Etym: [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.]

Definition: To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHANCY

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