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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [L. intonatus p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.] --Bailey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Intonated}; p. pr & vb n. {Intonating}.] [See {Intone}.] 1. (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. 2. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intonate \In"to*nate\, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as to intonate the liturgy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intonate v 1: speak carefully, with rising and falling pitch [syn: {intone}] 2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: {chant}, {intone}, {cantillate}]
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