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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone;
- Example: "please intonate with sadness"
[syn: intonate, intone]

2. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;
- Example: "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
[syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating.] [See Intone.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. [1913 Webster] 2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intonate v 1: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn: intonate, intone] 2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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