INTONATED

Verb

intonated

simple past tense and past participle of intonate

Anagrams

• dentation

Source: Wiktionary


INTONATE

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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