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What does intone mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
  2. (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
  3. (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
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They will intone that killing civilians is cowardly and warrants swift and merciless punishment.
We must use this subtle voice, the yogi must learn how to intone and modulate.
What they will do is read out a death sentence, intone a chant, then set upon the hostage from all sides.
This led to some confusion about whether or not the men of the choir would intone the chant again.
At dawn, priests intone their first prayers of the day, facing the sun that rises slowly on the horizon.
Californian hippies in suits intone the inane and never-challenged mantra that information wants to be free.

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