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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chant \Chant\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Chanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chanting}.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. {Cant} affected speaking, and see {Hen}.]
1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. --Spenser.
2. To celebrate in song.
The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall.
3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chant \Chant\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. ''Chant to the sound of the viol.'' --Amos vi. 5.
2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
{To chant horses} or {To chaunt horses}, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See {Chaunter}. --Thackeray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chant \Chant\, noun [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See {Chant}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Song; melody.
2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
{Ambrosian chant}, See under {Ambrosian}.
{Chant royal} [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain.
{Gregorian chant}. See under {Gregorian}. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chant
noun: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
verb
1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: {intone}, {intonate}, {cantillate}]
2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: {tone}, {intone}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "chant": Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Brautlied, Christmas carol, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, Volkslied, alba, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole, bark, bawl, bellow, bis, blare, blat, blubber, blues, blues song, boat song, bob, boom, bray, breathe, bridal hymn, brindisi, burden, buzz, cackle, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chantey, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorale, chorus, coo, croon, croon song, crow, descant, dirge, ditto, ditty, do-re-mi, doxology, drawl, drinking song, epithalamium, exclaim, flute, folk song, gasp, growl, grunt, hallelujah, hiss, hosanna, hum, hymeneal, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, intonate, intone, keen, laud, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, mantra, matin, minstrel, minstrel song, minstrelsy, monody, motet, mumble, murmur, mutter, national anthem, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, pant, pipe, prothalamium, psalm, psalmody, quaver, refrain, repeat, repetend, report, response, responsory, ritornello, roar, roulade, rumble, scream, screech, serena, serenade, serenata, shake, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, sing in chorus, singsong, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sol-fa, solmizate, song, squall, squawk, squeal, theme song, thunder, torch song, tremolo, trill, troll, trumpet, tune, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, undersong, versicle, vocalize, wail, war song, warble, wedding song, whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yodel
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