• Intonate

    Origin

    Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare ("to thunder, resound").

    Full definition of intonate

    Verb

    1. To intone; to utter.
    2. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
    3. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.
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