Definitions for: Intonate

[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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: cantillate, chant, intone

See Also: judge, label, pronounce, sing, singsong

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