What does intonate mean?
Definitions for intonate
ˈɪn toʊˌneɪt, -tə-in·to·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
intonate, intoneverb
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
"please intonate with sadness"
chant, intone, intonate, cantillateverb
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
"The rabbi chanted a prayer"
Wiktionary
intonateverb
To intone; to utter.
intonateverb
To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To INTONATEverb
To thunder. Dict.
Etymology: intono, Lat.
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intonate
Intonate generally refers to speaking or reciting in a particular tone or pitch. Often used in the context of music, it can also mean to perform a pitch or a series of pitches accurately in the correct intonation. This can involve the rise and fall of the voice in speaking or the accurate production of musical tones in context of a musical scale or a song.
Webster Dictionary
Intonateverb
to thunder
Intonateverb
to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa
Intonateverb
to modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone
Intonateverb
to utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy
Etymology: [See Intone.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Intonate
in′ton-āt, v.i. to sound forth: to sound the notes of a musical scale: to modulate the voice.—n. Intonā′tion, act or manner of sounding musical notes: modulation of the voice: the opening phrase of any plain-song melody, sung usually either by the officiating priest alone, or by one or more selected choristers. [Low L. intonāre, -ātum—L. in tonum, according to tone.]
Anagrams for intonate »
totanine
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intonate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intonate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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