different between intone vs intune

English

Etymology

From Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?to?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?t??n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

intone (third-person singular simple present intones, present participle intoning, simple past and past participle intoned)

1. (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
2. (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.

   • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

3. (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

Derived terms

References

• intone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Compare entune.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?n

Verb

intune (third-person singular simple present intunes, present participle intuning, simple past and past participle intuned)

1. To intone.

Anagrams

• ineunt, tune in