Word Meaning

intonate definition and meaning

v. i. To thunder.
v. i. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
v. i. To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.