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Intonate

Intonate Meaning & Definition
Intonate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intonate: cantillate | chant | intone

Related Terms | Find terms related to Intonate: anthem | ballad | carol | chant | chirp | chirrup | choir | chorus | croon | descant | do-re-mi | hum | hymn | inflect | intone | lilt | minstrel | modulate | pipe | psalm | quaver | roulade | serenade | shake | sing | sing in chorus | sol-fa | solmizate | tremolo | trill | troll | tweedle | tweedledee | twit | twitter | vocalize | warble | whistle | yodel

See Also | judge | label | pronounce | sing | singsong

Intonate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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