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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
intoned
    adj 1: uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
           "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of
           speaking" [syn: chantlike, intoned, singsong]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Intoning.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
   tonus tone. See Tone and cf. Entune, Intonate.]
   1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to
      chant; as, to intone the church service.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice,
      or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures
      as though by rote.
      [PJC]

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