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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb intonate has 2 senses
- intonate(v = verb.communication) intone - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" is one way to judge, label, pronounce
- intonate(v = verb.communication) cantillate, chant, intone - recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" is one way to sing
Derived forms noun intonation1, noun tone2, noun tone1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun intonation4, noun intonation3, noun intonation2, noun intonation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
intonate, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.].
To thunder. Bailey. [1913 Webster]
intonate, v. 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]
intonate, v. t.
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. [1913 Webster]
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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