Ĭn’to-nā’tion, n.
n. [Fr. intonation, It. intonazione, Sp. entonacion. See supra.]
Sense 1. A thundering; thunder. [Obs.]
Sense 2. (Mus.) (a.) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b.) The peculiar quality of a voice or musical instrument as regards tone.
Sense 3. The act or manner of modulating the voice musically; especially, the act of reading, as a liturgical service, with a musical accentuation and tone; the act of intoning or chanting a service.