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Definitions for intone
ɪnˈtoʊnin·tone
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Princeton's WordNet
tone, chant, intoneverb
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
chant, intone, intonate, cantillateverb
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
"The rabbi chanted a prayer"
intonate, intoneverb
speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
"please intonate with sadness"
GCIDE
Intoneverb
To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice, or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures as though by rote.
Wiktionary
intoneverb
To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
intoneverb
To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
intoneverb
To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Intoneverb
To make a slow protracted noise.
Etymology: from intono, or rather from tone; intonner, French.
So swells each wind-pipe; ass intones to ass
Harmonick twang. Alexander Pope, Dunciad, b. ii.
Webster Dictionary
Intoneverb
to utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service
Intoneverb
to utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate
Etymology: [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L. tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Intone
in-tōn′, v.i. to utter in tones: to give forth a low protracted sound.—v.t. to chant: to read (the church service) in a singing, recitative manner.—n. Intōn′ing, a modern popular term for the utterance in musical recitative of the versicles, responses, collects, &c. of the Anglican liturgy.
Anagrams for intone »
tenino
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intone in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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