intonate

Verb
Synonyms: intonechantcantillate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone“please intonate with sadness”Synonyms: intone
  2. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm“The rabbi chanted a prayer”Synonyms: chantintonecantillate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]
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]

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