What is to modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone called?
intonate — To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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