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Intone   /ɪntˈoʊn/   Listen
Intone

verb
(past & past part. intoned; pres. part. intoning)
1.
Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.  Synonyms: chant, tone.
2.
Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.  Synonyms: cantillate, chant, intonate.
3.
Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.  Synonym: intonate.






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"Intone" Quotes from Famous Books



... if he were wiping it, and throwing some invisible, sticky substance, with a vicious snap, to right and left. At last, after a final shudder, which stiffened him into the image of death for a moment, he rose to his feet and, leaning on the railing, began to intone, in a dismal whine, a speech of which we need give only the ...
— The Bread-winners - A Social Study • John Hay



Words linked to "Intone" :   speak, intonation, sing, pronounce, label, singsong, verbalize, talk, utter, mouth, judge, verbalise



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