cantillate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
    chant; intonate; intone.
    • The rabbi chanted a prayer

WordNet

Can"til*late intransitive verb
Etymology
L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.
Definitions
  1. To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.

Webster 1913