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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To chant or recite (a liturgical text) in a musical monotone.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To chant, intone, or recite in a half-singing style, as in Jewish synagogues. Also spelled cantilate.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue)

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To chant; to recite with musical tones.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

Etymologies

  1. Latin cantilāre, cantilāt-, to sing, from cantāre, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • knitandpurl "She cantillated the name as if she either knew a Clarissa or were trying to remember if she did."
    "Dayward" by ZZ Packer, in The New Yorker, June 14 & 21, 2010, page 111 Jul 12, 2010

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