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Definition of Cantillate
1. Verb. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. "They will cantillate the duet"; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
Specialized synonyms: Singsong
Generic synonyms: Sing
Derivative terms: Cantillation, Chant, Chanter, Chanting, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation, Intonation
Definition of Cantillate
1. v. i. To chant; to recite with musical tones.
Definition of Cantillate
1. Verb. To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cantillate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantillate
Literary usage of Cantillate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to which is Appended an English by Lorrin Andrews (1865)
"То chant; to cantillate; to Hing singly. 2. To sing in chorus or concert Pvk.
15:1. To sing with joy; to sing and dance. See HULA. ME-LE, ». ..."
2. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia: With by Horatio Southgate (1840)
"... is generally a Mollah in each village who teaches the children in winter, but
the sum of the instruction is, as before said, to teach them to cantillate ..."
3. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"cantillate (kun'ffl-late). To chant, to recite with musical tones. Cantillation.
A chanting, a recitation with m usical modulations. ..."
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