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.

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