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in·to·nate

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–verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

1.	to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.

2.	to intone; chant.

[Origin: 1785–95; < ML intonātus, ptp. of intonāre to intone. See -ate¹

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tr.v. in·to·nat·ed, in·to·nat·ing, in·to·nates

To intone.
To utter with a particular tone of voice: pleas that were intonated with desperation.

[Medieval Latin intonāre, intonāt-; see intone.]

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intonate
verb
1.	speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"
2.	recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant]

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Intonate

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

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In"to*nate\, v. i. [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.

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Intonate

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

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