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to utter in musical or drawn out tones
  • "The day is begun," the narrator intoned

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The first known use of intone was in 1513

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“Intone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intone. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.

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