From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intonate \In"to*nate\, verb (used without an object) [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intonate \In"to*nate\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Intonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Intonating}.] [See {Intone}.]
1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intonate \In"to*nate\, verb (used with an object) To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
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
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