| Intonate 1. (v. i.) To thunder. 2. (v. i.) To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa. 3. (v. i.) To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone. 4. (v. t.) To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; as, to intonate the liturgy. Thesaurus Entries anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, croon, descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, inflect, intone, lilt, minstrel, modulate, pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel |