Intonate

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Verb (transitive)
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in=to=nate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Intonate has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Intonatev. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.].
     To thunder.  Bailey.  [1913 Webster]
Intonatev. i. [See Intone.].
  •  To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.  [1913 Webster]
Intonatev. t. 
     To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Intonate, v.tr. intone.

Etymology
med.L intonare: see INTONE

THESAURUS

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

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