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Definition of Intoned
1. Adjective. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting. "A singsong manner of speaking"
Definition of Intoned
1. Verb. (past of intone) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intoned
1. intone [v] - See also: intone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intoned
Literary usage of Intoned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... clothed just as he was wont to celebrate Mass, in tunic, shoes, breeches, alb,
and chasuble. bishop is intoned the antiphon: In pace in idipsum dormiam ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But he did not, we think, assume that these laws are identical. set ont to do
this, and he did it, and " Ulalume " properly intoned would produce something ..."
3. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"... Same Phraseology when Differently intoned—The Same Principle Fulfilled in
Music—In Modern Melodies—Other Illustrations— In Poetry—Illustrations—Quality ..."
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