as in to sing
to utter in musical or drawn out tones the priest then proceeded to intonate the prayer's familiar opening words

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  • Her father had been a high school band director before becoming associate superintendent of the Fresno school district, and her mother, an administrator at California State University, sang in the church choir.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 28 May 2025
  • Although the members are assigned to a specific unit, each member might sing, rap and dance in the group; their unit is their specialty.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
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  • Fans chanted his name during the ninth inning of his shutout.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Inside the building, chants to fire the team's president of basketball operations, Nico Harrison, reached a deafening decibel.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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“Intonate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intonate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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