Intonate Definition

ĭntə-nāt
intonated, intonates, intonating
verb
intonated, intonates
To intone.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
To utter with a particular tone of voice.
Pleas that were intonated with desperation.
American Heritage

To intone; to utter.

Wiktionary

To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.

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Origin of Intonate

  • Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare (“to thunder, resound”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin intonāre intonāt- intone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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