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v. - Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.

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Usage examples (24)
  • Please intonate with sadness
  • Of a truth, she had sworn never to actually speak again, but now it occurred to her that perhaps she might at least intonate.
  • Madame Wang was sitting in Mrs. Hsüeh's apartments, whither she had just crossed, when she perceived Chia Huan come back from school, and she bade him transcribe incantations...
  • And when I decide on a string gauge, I'll get this all settled and intonate it.
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