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entone

entone is the obsolete form of intone.

Meaning of intone

Verb

intone (third-person singular simple present intones, present participle intoning, simple past and past participle intoned)

  1. (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
  2. (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
    • to intone the church service
    Synonyms:
    sing
  3. (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

Forms of entone

third-person singular presententones
present participleentoning
past participleentoned
pastentoned

Questions about entone

What is entone the obsolete form of?
Entone is the obsolete form of intone.

Words near entone in the dictionary

  1. entomotoxins
  2. entomovirological
  3. entomovirology
  4. entomovirus
  5. Enton
  6. entone
  7. entoned
  8. entonement
  9. entonements
  10. entones
  11. entonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entone (page history and authors); intone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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