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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chanted}; p. pr & vb n. {Chanting}.] [F. chanter, fr L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf {Cant} affected speaking, and see {Hen}.] 1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. --Spenser. 2. To celebrate in song. The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall. 3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chant \Chant\, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. ``Chant to the sound of the viol.'' --Amos vi 5. 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. {To chant (or chaunt)} {horses}, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See {Chaunter}. --Thackeray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chant \Chant\, n.[F. chant, fr L. cantus singing, song, fr canere to sing. See {Chant}, v. t.] 1. Song; melody. 2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. 3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. 4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay. {Ambrosian chant}, See under {Ambrosian}. {Chant royal} [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. {Gregorian chant}. See under {Gregorian}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chant n : a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: {intone}, {intonate}, {cantillate}] 2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: {intone}]
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