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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare, from Latin tonus; TONE1

intone

 verb
     
in‧tone [transitive] formal
RR to say something slowly and clearly without making your voice rise and fall much as you speak:
The priest intoned the blessing.
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