intoned

in·tone  (n-tn)

v. in·toned, in·ton·ing, in·tones

v.tr.

1. To recite in a singing tone.

2. To utter in a monotone.

v.intr.

1. To speak with a singing tone or with a particular intonation.

2. Music To sing a plainsong intonation.

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[Middle English entonen, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin tonus, tone; see tone.]

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in·tonement n.

in·toner n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

intoned - uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting; "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner of speaking" chantlike, singsong rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"