Definition of "intonate" [in•to•nate]

• To intone. (verb-transitive)
• To utter with a particular tone of voice: pleas that were intonated with desperation. (verb-transitive)

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• "Since there is no relationship to English except for modern words, some effort is required to pronounce and intonate correctly."
• "Of a truth, she had sworn never to actually speak again, but now it occurred to her that perhaps she might at least intonate."
• "Madame Wang was sitting in Mrs. Hsüeh's apartments, whither she had just crossed, when she perceived Chia Huan come back from school, and she bade him transcribe incantations out of the Chin Kang Canon and intonate them."