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Webster 1913 Edition


Intonate

In′to-nate

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
intonatus
, p. p. of
intonare
to thunder, resound.]
To thunder.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

In′to-nate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intonated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intonating
.]
[See
Intone
.]
1.
(Mus.)
To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
2.
To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.

In′to-nate

,
Verb.
T.
To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant;
as, to
intonate
the liturgy
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Intonate

IN'TONATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. intono, intonatus; in and tono, to sound or thunder.]
1.
To sound; to sound the notes of the musical scale.
2.
To thunder.

Definition 2024


intonate

intonate

English

Verb

intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated)

  1. To intone; to utter.
  2. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.[1][2]
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)
  3. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  2. An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

Italian

Verb

intonate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of intonare
  2. second-person plural imperative of intonare
  3. feminine plural of intonato

Latin

Verb

intonāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of intonō