Chanting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Chanting}.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere
     to sing. Cf. {Cant} affected speaking, and see {Hen}.]
     1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
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              The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To celebrate in song.
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              The poets chant in the theaters.      --Bramhall.
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     3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or
        to a tune called a chant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chanting \Chant"ing\ (ch[.a]nt"[i^]ng), n.
     Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.
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     {Chanting falcon} (Zool.), an African falcon ({Melierax
        canorus or musicus}). The male has the habit, remarkable
        in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is
        incubating.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chanting
       n : the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: {intonation}]