<hw>In*tol"er*a`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intolerant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Intoleration</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tol`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Intolerance; want of toleration; refusal to tolerate a difference of opinion.</def>
<h1>Intomb</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tomb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intombed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intombing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To place in a tomb; to bury; to entomb. See <er>Entomb</er>.</def>
<h1>Intombment</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tomb"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Entombment</er>.</def>
<h1>Intonate</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In"to*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intonatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intonare</ets> to thunder, resound.]</ety> <def>To thunder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bailey.</i>
<h1>Intonate</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In"to*nate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intonated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intonating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Intone</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol-fa.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To modulate the voice in a musical, sonorous, and measured manner, as in reading the liturgy; to intone.</def>
<h1>Intonate</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In"to*nate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter in a musical or sonorous manner; to chant; <as>as, to <ex>intonate</ex> the liturgy</as>.</def>
<h1>Intonation</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In`to*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Intonate</er>.]</ety> <def>A thundering; thunder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bailey.</i>
<h1>Intonation</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In`to*na"tion</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>intonation</ets>. See <er>Intone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; <as>as, her <ex>intonation</ex> was false</as>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See <er>Intone</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def> <-- 2. the manner of speaking, esp. the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice while speaking. -->
<h1>Intone</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intoned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>intonare</ets>, <ets>intonatum</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>tonus</ets> tone. See <er>Tone</er> and cf. <er>Entune</er>, <er>Intonate</er>.]</ety> <def>To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; <as>as, to <ex>intone</ex> the church service</as>.</def>
<h1>Intone</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tone"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate.</def>
<i>Pope.</i>
<h1>Intorsion</h1> <Xpage=782>
<hw>In*tor"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intortio</ets> a curling, crisping: cf. F. <ets>intorsion</ets>. See <er>Intort</er>, and cf. <er>Intortion</er>.]</ety>
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