chorusing

Verb

chorus (third-person singular simple present choruses or (rare) chorusses, present participle chorusing or (rare) chorussing, simple past and past participle chorused or (rare) chorussed)

1. (transitive) To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
   • In the middle of the little woody bay, or rather basin, which received the scanty waters of the stream, an armed sloop lay at anchor, and he heard the din of license and carousal on board,—the hasty oath—the hearty laugh—and the boisterous song, chorussed by a score of rough voices, which made the...1826, Allan Cunningham, chapter V, in Paul Jones; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, →OCLC, page 125

   Synonyms:

   duet

2. (transitive) To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
   • "Yes," said the king; "Come, Hop-Frog, lend us your assistance. Characters, my fine fellow; we stand in need of characters—all of us—ha! ha! ha!" and as this was seriously meant for a joke, his laugh was chorused by the seven.1849 March 17, Edgar Allan Poe, “Hop-Frog”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 458
3. (rare, transitive) To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
   • Let ev'ry Song be Choruſt with his Name. / And Muſick pay her Tribute to his Fame.1701 January (indicated as 1700), [Daniel Defoe], “Part II”, in The True-Born Englishman. A Satyr, [London: s.n.], →OCLC, page 55
4. (intransitive) To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
   • Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own. […] the boatmen and Mr M’Queen chorused, and all went well.1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Wednesday, 8th September, 1773, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6018/pg6018-images.html
5. (intransitive) To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
   • Then they all chorus'd upon me—Such a character as Miſs Harlowe's! cry'd one—A lady of ſo much generoſity and good ſenſe! another— […]1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXX. Mr. Lovelace, to John Belford, Esq.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
6. (intransitive) To echo in unison another person's words.
   • Then she shouted: "Viva our Lady of Grace," and the crowd chorused.1947 October 20, “Miracle Man”, in Time

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