Intonate
Origin
Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare ("to thunder, resound").
Full definition of intonate
Verb
- To intone; to utter.
- 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.
- To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.