verb
- Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.
- usage: "please intonate with sadness"
- synonyms: intone
- Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.
- usage: "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
- synonyms: chant, intone, cantillate
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