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1. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
   - tone, chant
    
2. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
   "The rabbi intoned a prayer";
   - chant, intonate, cantillate [rare]
    
3. Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
   "please intone with sadness";
   - intonate

Derived forms: intoned, intoning, intones

Type of: judge, label, mouth, pronounce, sing, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize