vverb.communicationspeak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular toneSynset:intone
Examples:- please intonate with sadness
Derivationally Related Form:toneintonation
Hypernyms:judge label pronounce
Inherited Hypernyms:intonatepronouncedeclareevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationrecite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalmSynset:cantillate chant intone
Examples:- The rabbi chanted a prayer
Derivationally Related Form:cantillationchanterintonationchantchanting
Hypernyms:sing
Inherited Hypernyms:chantsingtalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:singsong
Full Troponyms:singsong
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | They will --- the duet (apply to: intone, cantillate, chant)