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Definition of Intone
1. Verb. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically. "Sam and Sue intone"; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Chant, Intonation
2. Verb. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. "They will intone the duet"; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
Specialized synonyms: Singsong
Generic synonyms: Sing
Derivative terms: Cantillation, Chant, Chanter, Chanting, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation
3. Verb. Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone. "Please intonate with sadness"
Generic synonyms: Judge, Label, Pronounce
Derivative terms: Intonation, Tone, Tone, Intonation
Definition of Intone
1. v. t. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
2. v. i. To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
Definition of Intone
1. Verb. (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intone
1. to speak in a singing voice [v -TONED, -TONING, -TONES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intone
Literary usage of Intone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"Stars that intone a song. . . . "I am damned if it is, though," I exclaimed; and
I laughed aloud to collect my wits. " They're night-owls hooting in Canaan! ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"Stars that intone a song. . . . "I am damned if it is, though," I exclaimed; and
I laughed aloud to collect my wits. " They're night-owls hooting in Canaan! ..."
3. Manual of Reading, in Four Parts: Orthophony, Class Methods, Gesture, and by H. L. D. Potter (1877)
"Fill the lungs and intone slowly from a heavy voice to a whisper, or " diminuendo" (%
of Fig. ... Fill the longs and intone, making a swell midway ..."
4. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1895)
"And hears from that green tower intone The eternal voice of Time. TO A MOTH THAT
DRINKETH OF THE RIPE OCTOBER A MOTH belated, sun and zephyr-kist, ..."
5. A Siamese-English Dictionary by Basil Osborn Cartwright (1907)
"... n cnu era EJU v to intone words. v. to go backwards and foi'wards, to go to
and fro. v. to do or to pay by degrees, to pay by instalments. v. to turn n. ..."
6. Driftwood, Seaweed, and Fallen Leaves by John Cumming (1863)
"roar out their sermons and others intone them, and the people that listen do not
hear, and they that do not listen are hilled asleep. ..."
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