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   intone

   /ɪnˈtəʊn/

   verb

   • 1. say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice: "he intoned a short Latin prayer"

   Word Origin late 15th century (originally as entone): from Old French entoner or medieval Latin intonare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin tonus ‘tone’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. intoner noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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