Found 2 items, similar to Intonate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: intonate
intonate
v 1: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a
particular tone;
“please intonate with sadness” [syn:
intone]
2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a
psalm;
“The rabbi chanted a prayer” [syn:
chant,
intone,
cantillate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Intonate
Intonate
\In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to
thunder, resound.]
To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Intonate
\In"to*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Intonated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Intonating.] [See
Intone.]
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1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to
practice the sol-fa.
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2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured
manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
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Intonate
\In"to*nate\, v. t.
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to
intonate the liturgy.
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