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intoned
(encz) | intoned, |
Intoned
(gcide) | Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to
chant; as, to intone the church service.
[1913 Webster]
2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice,
or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures
as though by rote.
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intoned
(wn) | intoned
adj 1: uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
"their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of
speaking" [syn: chantlike, intoned, singsong] |
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intoned
(encz) | intoned, |
intoned
(wn) | intoned
adj 1: uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
"their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of
speaking" [syn: chantlike, intoned, singsong] |
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