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Chanting : (noun)
1: the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: intonation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere
to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
2. To celebrate in song.
The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall.
3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or
to a tune called a chant.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chanting : \Chant"ing\ (ch[.a]nt"[i^]ng), n.
Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.
Chanting falcon (Zo["o]l.), an African falcon ({Melierax
canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable
in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is
incubating.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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