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<hw>Chant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chanted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chanting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>chanter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cantare</ets>, intens. of <ets>canere</ets> to sing. Cf. <er>Cant</er> affected speaking, and see <er>Hen</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.</def>

<blockquote>The cheerful birds . . . do <b>chant</b> sweet music. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To celebrate in song.</def>

<blockquote>The poets <b>chant</b> in the theaters. <i>Bramhall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.</def>

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<hw>Chant</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make melody with the voice; to sing.</def> "<i>Chant</i> to the sound of the viol."

<i>Amos vi. 5.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To sing, as in reciting a chant.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To chant</col> (&or; <col>chaunt</col>) <col>horses<col></mcol>, <cd>to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See <er>Chaunter</er>.</cd>

<i>Thackeray.</i> </cs>

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<hw>Chant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>chant</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cantus</ets> singing, song, fr. <ets>canere</ets> to sing. See <er>Chant</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Song; melody.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>His strange face, his strange <b>chant</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ambrosian chant</col>, See under <er>Ambrosian</er>. <col>Chant royal</col> <ety>[F.]</ety>, <cd>in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain.</cd> -- <col>Gregorian chant</col>. <cd>See under <er>Gregorian</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Chan`tant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. singing.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Composed in a melodious and singing style.</def>

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<hw>Chant"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>chanteur</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who chants; a singer or songster.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The chief singer of the chantry.</def>

<i>J. Gregory.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See <er>Bagpipe</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hedge sparrow.</def>

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