Intonate

5 definitions found

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

  Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to
     thunder, resound.]
     To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "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