intonate

Meanings

1. To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner.
2. To say or speak with a certain intonation.
3. To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.

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

Etymology

First attested in 1795; borrowed from Medieval Latin intonātus, perfect passive participle of intonō (“to vocalize, chant”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intone. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare.