intone
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intones, 3rd person singular present; intoned, past tense; intoned, past participle; intoning, present participle;
/inˈtōn/,
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intones, 3rd person singular present; intoned, past tense; intoned, past participle; intoning, present participle;
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Say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice
- - he intoned a short Latin prayer
- - “All rise,” intoned the usher
Web Definitions:
- tone: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
- chant: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
- intonate: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"
- (intoned) chantlike: uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking"
- To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize; To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant; as, to intone the church service; To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound
- (Intoning) chanting on a single note
- (v) : to recite in a singing voice, to talk with particular intonation