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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Intoned

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Intoning

[LL.

intonare

intonatum

; pref.

in-

in + L.

tonus

tone. See

and cf.

To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant;

as, to

intone

the church service

Verb.

To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.

Pope.

Verb.

[L. intono, supra.] To utter a sound, or a deep protracted sound.

Ass intones to ass.