intonate
Meaning
- (dated, intransitive, transitive) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner.
- (dated, transitive) To say or speak with a certain intonation.
- (dated, transitive) To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.
- (obsolete) To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.
Translations
Etymology
From Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare (“to thunder, resound”).
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