'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]