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INTONER

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in⋅tone

  [in-tohn] verb, -toned, -ton⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
2. to give tone or variety of tone to; vocalize.
3. to utter in a singing voice (the first tones of a section in a liturgical service).
4. to recite or chant in monotone.
–verb (used without object)
5. to speak or recite in a singing voice, esp. in monotone; chant.
6. Music. to produce a tone, or a particular series of tones, like a scale, esp. with the voice.
Origin:
1475–85; < ML intonāre; r. earlier entone < MF entoner < ML; see in- 2 , tone

Related forms:
in⋅ton⋅er, noun
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in·tone   (ĭn-tōn')   
v.   in·toned, in·ton·ing, in·tones

v.   tr.

  1. To recite in a singing tone.

  2. To utter in a monotone.

v.   intr.

  1. To speak with a singing tone or with a particular intonation.

  2. Music To sing a plainsong intonation.


[Middle English entonen, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin tonus, tone; see tone.]
in·tone'ment n., in·ton'er n.
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Word Origin & History

intone 
1485, "to utter in musical tones," from O.Fr. entoner (13c.), from M.L. intonare "sing according to tone," from L. in- "in" + tonus "tone," from Gk. tonos (see tenet). Intonation as a musical term dates from 1776.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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