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1 intonare [CL] V. et. 2 intonare. 1 to thunder (also fig.). Dominus ‥ de caelo ~at ut terrigenas ad timendum se suscitet Bede HE IV 3 p. 211; Willelmo reverso, rursus tempestas ~uit, rursus procella odiorum inhorruit W. Malm. GP I 50 p. 91; multarum procella tribulationum ~uit Ord. Vit. X 24 p. 142. 2 a to speak thunderously or resoundingly; b (w. dat., contra or in w. acc.) to thunder at or against, inveigh against. a a gente Romana, quae prae ceteris mundo ~at sublimius V. Greg. 100; infans / intonuit stolido doctis de pectore Mir. Nin. 167; ejus et eloquio lectorum corda virescunt / dulcisonos mirata modos, quīs intonat ipse Ib. 496.  b auscultastis ‥ secundae lectionis apostoli Pauli verborum sonum ‥ vobis ~antis Gildas EB 108; ut ‥ contra me probris et contumeliis ~aret P. Blois Ep. 124. 369A; in ‥ proceres ‥ minis acerrimis ~are cepit Gir. EH I 29; sepe juris justis sors intonat aspera Garl. Tri. Eccl. 5. 3 to sound thunderously, resound: a (of speech); b (of mus. instrument). a putares ex evangelicis et propheticis aditis verba ~are que ille ‥ pronuntiabat W. Malm. Wulfst. I 8; dum grandisonus Johannis evangelii clangor mundo ~at Hon. Spec. Eccl. 833A.  b 1048 ~at buccina (v. erilis 1b); ideo tuba ~abit ut mortui resurgant Pull. Sent. 990B. 4 (trans.): a (w. utterance as obj.) to utter thunderously or resoundingly, to roar out; b (w. dir. speech as obj.); c (w. ut). d (w. topic as obj.) to speak of resoundingly. a [libri] furores ~ant ut Tullius in invectivis et Philippicis W. Malm. Polyh. 37; sonos multiplices os unum ~at T. Mon. Will. VI 5; s1314 vidisses ‥ gentem Anglorum ‥ crapulam eructancium ‘wassayl’ et ‘drinkhail’ plus solito ~ancium Baker 100v.  b 793 huic evangelica auctoritas ~at ‘‥’ (v. evangelicus 2a); 985 (12c) quia mundana retinendo minuuntur, tribuendo multiplicantur, ~ante apostolica fone ‘‥’ CD 652; ille ‥ lingua precipiti et confusa atque clamore demoniaco ~abat: “veniet certe ‥” P. Blois Ep. 7. 19C.  c ~uit ei vox angelica dum classem pararet ut ceptis suis desisteret G. Mon. XII 17; preco ‥ vester in castris vestris ~et alta voce ut gens Francorum ‥ cras ingrediatur Sarracenorum terram Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 536 (= Baldricus Hist. Jerus. 1104C).  d sicut ‥ enervos solet animos satyricorum pagina reprehendendo deprimere, ita titulis honestatis non inglorios venustiores decet calamos altius ~are Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 1.

2 intonare [ML < OF entoner, cf. CL tonus < τόνος; identical in form w. 1 intonare, N. B. perf. intonui] 1 to begin a chant, intone; b to begin (tolling of bell); c to begin to play (music; in quot., w. instrument as subj.). angelicus ymnus ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’ ~abatur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 24 p. 192; psalmum ipsum ~et Offic. Sal. 44; cantor ‥ psalmos debet ~are Obed. Abingd. 370; antiphona dicta quod sit vox reciproca, et per eam psalmus ~atus de choro ad chorum recitetur Odington 100; Trevet Ann. 223 (v. cantorissa); [precentor] in choro residebit psalmos ~ando, antiphonas reinchoando Cust. Cant. 94; ~uit ipse rex ‥ ‘Te Deum laudamus’ percantatione devota et solemni Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 79.  b 1506 [sacrista] primum pulsum [campanarum] ‥ ~abit (v. 1 discretio 1a).  c cithara ‥ vocale melos sine hominis digito ~uit W. Malm. GP I 19 p. 29. 2 to tune (mus. instrument). 1512 magna organa et mediocra organa fuerunt quasi de nova [sic MS] reparata et bene ~ata et sonorata Reg. Butley 28.

3 intonare [OF entoner] , to put into barrel or cask. V. et. intonellare. 1279 inveniet ij homines ad poma colligenda et ciser[am] fac[iendam] donec cisera ~etur Hund. II 788.