intonate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intonate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for intonate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intonate v speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" Synonym(s): intonate, intone recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" Synonym(s): chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intonate \In"tonate\, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate* the liturgy.
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.