"intone" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English entune",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old French entoner",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English entune, entone, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonō.",
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    {
      "form": "intones",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intoning",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intoned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intoned",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize."
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        "(transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "to intone the church service",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.",
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        "To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant."
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          "prolonged",
          "prolonged"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note"
        ],
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "chant",
          "chant"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        "To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound."
      ],
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          "protracted"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈtoʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈtəʊn/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
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      "word": "intonable"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonate"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonation"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonational"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonationally"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonator"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonement"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "intones",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "intoning",
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    {
      "form": "intoned",
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize."
      ],
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          "vocalize",
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        "(transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize."
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        {
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          "text": "But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant."
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          "prolonged",
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          "note",
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          "recite",
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          "voice",
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          "chant",
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        "(transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound."
      ],
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