verb (used with object), can·til·lat·ed, can·til·lat·ing. to chant; intone.
Origin: 1860–65; <
Late Latin cantillātus sung low, hummed (past participle of
cantillāre), equivalent to
cant- sing (see
cant1) +
-ill- diminutive suffix +
-ātus -ate1 Related forms can·til·la·tion, noun