"intonate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: intonates [present, singular, third-person], intonating [participle, present], intonated [participle, past], intonated [past]
Etymology: Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare (“to thunder, resound”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|intonatus}} Latin intonatus, {{m|la|intonare||to thunder, resound}} intonare (“to thunder, resound”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner. Tags: dated, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-intonate-en-verb-Q9pnABvP
  2. (transitive, dated) To say or speak with a certain intonation. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-intonate-en-verb-739kRZsm
  3. (transitive, dated) To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-intonate-en-verb-T-g4hHfE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 9 66 17
  4. (obsolete) To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-intonate-en-verb-9Wj0rlMv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intonation

Inflected forms

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