In·tone v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intoned p. pr. & vb. n. Intoning.]
1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
intoned
adj : uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
"their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner
of speaking" [syn: chantlike, singsong]