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   Chant , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
   To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
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   The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
   Spenser.
   
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   To celebrate in song.
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   The poets chant in the theaters.
   Bramhall.
   
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   (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
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   Chant, v. i.
   To make melody with the voice; to sing. “Chant to the sound of the viol.” 
   Amos vi. 5.
   
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   (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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   To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter.
   Thackeray.
   
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   Chant, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
   Song; melody.
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   (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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   A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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   Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
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   His strange face, his strange chant.
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   Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. -- Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.
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