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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Intonate

· In·to·nate · IPA /ˈɪntəʊneɪt/
01 v. i. To thunder.
  1. 1.
    To thunder.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
imp. & p. p. Intonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating
  1. 1.
    To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.(Mus.)
  2. 2.
    To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
03 v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
  1. 1.
    To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.