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in·tone

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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

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—Related forms

in·ton·er, noun

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in·tone Audio Help   (ĭn-tōn') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·toned, in·ton·ing, in·tones

v.   tr.

To recite in a singing tone.
To utter in a monotone.

v. intr.

To speak with a singing tone or with a particular intonation.
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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intoned
adjective
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking" [syn: chantlike]