intone
verb /ɪnˈtəʊn/
/ɪnˈtəʊn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intone | /ɪnˈtəʊn/ /ɪnˈtəʊn/ |
| he / she / it intones | /ɪnˈtəʊnz/ /ɪnˈtəʊnz/ |
| past simple intoned | /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ |
| past participle intoned | /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ |
| -ing form intoning | /ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋ/ |
- intone something | + speech to say something in a slow and serious voice without much expression
- The priest intoned the final prayer.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntone is used with these nouns as the object:- word
Word Originlate 15th cent. (originally as entone): from Old French entoner or medieval Latin intonare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin tonus ‘tone’.