downpitches

Verb

downpitch (third-person singular simple present downpitches, present participle downpitching, simple past and past participle downpitched)

1. To lower a sound in pitch.
   • "I didn't mean you enny harm," said Lund slowly, addressing Peggy. "Why, I wouldn't harm you, gal. You're my woman. You come to me. I was jest—jest sorter swept off my bearin's. Why," he turned to Rainey, his voice down-pitching to a growl of angry contempt, "you pen-shovin' whippersnapper, I c'ud...1920, J. Allan Dunn, A Man To His Mate