Definition of intonate Intonate
in•to•nate
We found 11 definitions of intonate from 5 different sources.
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What does intonate mean?
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| intonate - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" | ||
| intone | ||
| pronounce, judge, label pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" | ||
| intonate - recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" | ||
| chant, intone, cantillate | ||
| sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" | ||
| singsong speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong | ||
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Wiktionary 
- intonate (Verb)
To intone; to utter. - intonate (Verb)
To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. , 1989. An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster , 1828. - intonate (Verb)
To sound the tones of the musical scale ; to practise the sol-fa.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intonate (v. i.)
To thunder. - intonate (v. i.)
To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. - intonate (v. i.)
To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. - intonate (v. t.)
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intonate
in′ton-āt, 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. [Low L. intonāre, -ātum—L. in tonum, according to tone.]
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🔤- intonate, verb, present, 1st person singular of intonate (infinitive).
- intonate, verb (infinitive).
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