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chaunt

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chaunt  (chônt, chänt)
n. & v. Archaic
Variant of chant.
chaunt [tʃɔːnt]
n & vb
a less common variant of chant
chaunter  n
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Up to a hill anon his steps he reared, From whose high top to ken the prospect round, If cottage were in view, sheep-cote, or herd; But cottage, herd, or sheep-cote, none he saw-- Only in a bottom saw a pleasant grove, With chaunt of tuneful birds resounding loud.
Paradise Regained by Milton, John View in context
Bucket receives the harmonious impeachment so modestly, confessing how that he did once chaunt a little, for the expression of the feelings of his own bosom, and with no presumptuous idea of entertaining his friends, that he is asked to sing.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
We do not with sufficient plainness or sufficient profoundness address ourselves to life, nor dare we chaunt our own times and social circumstance.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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