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Intone

//ɪnˈtoʊn// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. transitive
  2. 2
    recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm wordnet
  3. 3
    To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant. transitive

    "to intone the church service"

  4. 4
    speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone wordnet
  5. 5
    To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. intransitive
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  1. 6
    utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English entune, entone, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonō, from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intonate. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare.

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