Intonate

[intәuneit]

Definition

(verb.) speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; 'please intonate with sadness'.

Editor: Michel--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To thunder.

(v. i.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.

(v. i.) To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

(v. t.) To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.

Checker: Muriel

Definition

v.i. to sound forth: to sound the notes of a musical scale: to modulate the voice.—n. Intonā′tion act or manner of sounding musical notes: modulation of the voice: the opening phrase of any plain-song melody sung usually either by the officiating priest alone or by one or more selected choristers.

Typed by Gordon