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Webster 1913 Edition

Chant

Chant

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chanted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chanting
.]
[F.
chanter
, fr. L.
cantare
, intens. of
canere
to sing. Cf.
Cant
affected speaking, and see
Hen
.]
1.
To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
The cheerful birds . . . do
chant
sweet music.
Spenser.
2.
To celebrate in song.
The poets
chant
in the theaters.
Bramhall.
3.
(Mus.)
To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To make melody with the voice; to sing.
“Chant to the sound of the viol.”
Amos vi. 5.
2.
(Mus.)
To sing, as in reciting a chant.
To chant horses
or
To chaunt horses
,
to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
Chaunter
.
Thackeray.

Chant

,
Noun.
[F.
chant
, fr. L.
cantus
singing, song, fr.
canere
to sing. See
Chant
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Song; melody.
2.
(Mus.)
A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
3.
A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
4.
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
[R.]
His strange face, his strange
chant
.
Macaulay.
Ambrosian chant
, See under
Ambrosian
.
Chant royal
[F.]
,
in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. – each of these six parts ending with a common refrain.
–
Gregorian chant
.
See under
Gregorian
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chant

CHANT

, v.t.
1.
To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations.
The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.
2.
To celebrate in song; as, to chant the praises of Jehovah.
3.
To sing, as in church-service; to repeat words in a kind of canting voice, with modulations.

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