Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To chant or recite (a liturgical text) in a musical monotone.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To chant, intone, or recite in a half-singing style, as in Jewish synagogues. Also spelled cantilate.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To chant; to recite with musical tones.
WordNet 3.0
- v. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
Etymologies
- Latin cantilāre, cantilāt-, to sing, from cantāre, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Does Mr. ARNOLD BENNETT cantillate his "copy" into the horn of a graphophone or use a motor-stylus?”
“(See mele beginning _Ko'i maka nui_, p. 228.) _Ko'i honua_ (ko'i ho-nú-a) -- a compound of the causative _ko_, _i_, to utter, and _honua_, the earth; to recite or cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in distinction from the stilted bombastic manner termed ai-ha'a (p. 58).”
“After tea the guests cantillate passages from the prose and poetry of the Great Indian Master to the accompaniment of gongs (the”
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Resounding Words
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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