intonate

English

Etymology

Latin intonatus, past participle of intonare (“to thunder, resound”).

Verb

intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated)

  1. To intone; to utter.
  2. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.[1][2]
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  3. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  2. ↑ An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

Italian

Verb

intonate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of intonare
  2. second-person plural imperative of intonare
  3. feminine plural of intonato

Latin

Verb

intonāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of intonō
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