INTONATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.

2.
n.

The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

3.
n.

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

4.
n.

Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.


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