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intone English

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intone

Intone is to sing, chant or recite without many changes in pitch. I could hear the priest intone the prayer. To intone is to sing the opening phrase of a plainsong. To intone is to speak carefully, choosing a particular pitch or changes of pitch. He intoned the bad news in a slow, sad way.

intone

(= chant) 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

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