chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
(verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; “The rabbi chanted a prayer”
intonate, intone
(verb) speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; “please intonate with sadness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated)
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner.
(transitive, dated) To say or speak with a certain intonation.
(transitive, dated) To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.
(obsolete) To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.
Source: Wiktionary
In"to*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.]
Definition: To thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
In"to*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating.] Etym: [See Intone.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
