'Intonate' definitions:
Definition of 'intonate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn: intonate, intone]
verb
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate]
Definition of 'Intonate'
From: GCIDE
- Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intonate'
From: GCIDE
- Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating.] [See Intone.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intonate'
From: GCIDE
- Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intonate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthem,
- ballad,
- carol,
- chant,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- choir,
- chorus,
- croon,
- descant,
- do-re-mi,
- hum,
- hymn,
- inflect,
- intone,
- lilt,
- minstrel,
- modulate,
- pipe,
- psalm,
- quaver,
- roulade,
- serenade,
- shake,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- sol-fa,
- solmizate,
- tremolo,
- trill,
- troll,
- tweedle,
- tweedledee,
- twit,
- twitter,
- vocalize,
- warble,
- whistle,
- yodel