intonate

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəʊneɪt/ ==== Verb ==== intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated) (transitive, intransitive, dated) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner. (transitive, dated) To say or speak with a certain intonation. (transitive, dated) To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa. 1844, The order for morning and evening prayer, and the Litany : with plain-tune, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, London: J. Burns,Editor’s Preface,[8] A comma or colon was intonated by the fall of a minor third from the key-note on the ultimate or penultimate and ultimate syllables of the clause […] ===== Related terms ===== intonation === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1631; borrowed from Latin intonātus, perfect passive participle of intonō (“to thunder forth”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== intonate (third-person singular simple present intonates, present participle intonating, simple past and past participle intonated) (obsolete) To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice. 19th century, Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, “Ode to Deity” in Poems, New York: E. Bliss and E. White et al., p. 159,[10] And o’er the sphere the forked lightning flies, And intonating thunders shake the skies. === References === == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== intonate inflection of intonare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== intonate f pl feminine plural of intonato === Anagrams === a tentoni == Latin == === Verb === intonāte second-person plural present active imperative of intonō