INTONATE

vi to thunder.

2. intonate ·vi to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.

3. intonate ·vt to utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.

4. intonate ·vi to modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.