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intone

in·tone

UK/ɪnˈtəʊn/ US/ɪnˈtoʊn/ fairly common

verb

1.

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

  • “The students chanted the same slogan over and over again”
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2.

recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

  • “The rabbi chanted a prayer”
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3.

speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone

  • “please intonate with sadness”
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Origin

From Middle English entune, entone, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonō, from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intonate. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare.

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