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Chant
//t͡ʃænt// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from French.
Noun
- 1 Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
- 2 a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone wordnet
- 3 A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
- 4 A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.; A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
- 5 Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
"His strange face, his strange chant."
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- 6 A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
Verb
- 1 To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
"the cherefull birds of sundry kind / Do chaunt sweet musick, to delight his mind"
- 2 recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm wordnet
- 3 To sing or intone sacred text.
- 4 utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically wordnet
- 5 To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
"The football fans chanted insults at the referee."
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- 6 To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits. archaic, transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.
Etymology 2
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.
Etymology 3
Probably a nickname from French chant (“song, melody”).
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