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Intonation
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
2. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.
3. Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t.