meaning of intonate
1. To thunder.
2. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
3. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
4. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
5. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a
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