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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Intone \In*tone"\, v. i.
     To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to
     speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
     --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
     tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
     1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to
        chant; as, to intone the church service.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice,
        or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures
        as though by rote.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
     tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
     To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant;
     as, to intone the church service.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Intone \In*tone"\, v. i.
     To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to
     speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.
     --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  intone
       v 1: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The
            students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
            [syn: tone, chant]
       2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a
          psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intonate,
           cantillate]
       3: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a
          particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn: intonate]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  intone
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
     2 (lb en transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or
  tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  intone
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
     2 (lb en transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or
  tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  intone
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
     2 (lb en transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or
  tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  intone
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
     2 (lb en transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or
  tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  intone /ɪntˈəʊn/
  aanhef

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Intone /ɪntˈəʊn/
  رتّل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  intone /ɪntˈəʊn/ 
  intonovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  intone /ɪntˈəʊn/ 
  pyncio 

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  intone /intoun/
  entonner

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  intone /ɪntˈəʊn/ 
  1. अनुतान~करना
        "Latha intoned a prayer."

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  intone /intoun/
  een lied aanheffen, inzetten

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  intone /ɪnˈtəʊn/ 
    intonować, recytować

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  intone /intoun/
  entonar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  intone /ɪntˈəʊn/
  1. monoton bir makamla okumak
  2. belirli bir ses vermek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnˈtoʊn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "intone":
     anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, croon,
     descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, intonate, lilt, minstrel, pipe,
     psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus,
     sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee,
     twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vt.vi. 吟咏

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt.
     vi. 吟咏

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