chant
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Verb (2)
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm“The rabbi chanted a prayer”Synonyms: intoneintonatecantillate
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically“The students chanted the same slogan over and over again”Synonyms: toneintone
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5. [1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [1913 Webster]
To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
1.Song; melody. [1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
3.A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. [1913 Webster]
4.Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] [1913 Webster]
His strange face, his strange chant.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [F.], 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.
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian. [1913 Webster]
1.To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. [1913 Webster]
The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.To celebrate in song. [1913 Webster]
The poets chant in the theaters.— Bramhall.[1913 Webster]
3.(Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. [1913 Webster]