INTONATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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

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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

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