intone

Definitions


[ɪnˈtəʊn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice
(e.g: he intoned a short Latin prayer)


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Origin:
late 15th century (originally as entone): from Old French entoner or medieval Latin intonare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin tonus ‘tone’




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