Synonyms for intone
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-tohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtoʊn |
Définition of intone
Origin :- late 14c., entunen "sing, chant, recite," from Old French entoner "sing, chant" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intonare "sing according to tone," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + tonus "tone," from Greek tonos (see tenet). A different verb intone was in use 17c.18c., from Latin intonare "to thunder, resound," figuratively "to cry out vehemently," from tonare "to thunder." Related: Intoned; intoning.
- verb utter
- Intone, nevertheless, he did; and as badly as mortal man well could!
- Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
- We will intone the battle-psalms, and from the Lozre to the sea Israel shall arise.
- Extract from : « Eli and Sibyl Jones » by Rufus Matthew Jones
- But considered as a whole, the singers are like actors, who intone instead of speaking.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- Only a few months before she had seldom seen him intone grace at all.
- Extract from : « The Imported Bridegroom » by Abraham Cahan
- I seized the Targa's arm as he was starting to intone his refrain for the third time.
- Extract from : « Atlantida » by Pierre Benoit
- My body shall be the altar, and my sighs the vows, and I will intone the service in thousands and thousands of verses.
- Extract from : « Aspects and Impressions » by Edmund Gosse
- Invisible choristers, among whom we seem to distinguish voices of men and youths, now intone a mystic chant.
- Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
- Has not man something better to do than to learn to bow, to intone, to admire flowers, and to look at painted glass?
- Extract from : « The London Pulpit » by J. Ewing Ritchie
- He should possess a good physical presence, and intone the offices with elegance and precision.
- Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
- We will intone the battle-psalms, and, from the Lozere to the sea, Israel shall arise!
- Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
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