Associations to the word «Intonate»

Noun

Adverb

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Wiktionary

INTONATE, verb. To intone; to utter.
INTONATE, verb. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.
INTONATE, verb. To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.

Dictionary definition

INTONATE, verb. Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness".
INTONATE, verb. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King