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   Intonate , v. i. [L. intonatus, p. p. of intonare to thunder, resound.] To thunder. [Obs.]
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   Intonate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intonated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intonating .] [See Intone.]
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   (Mus.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.
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   To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.
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   Intonate, v. t. To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy.
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