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Chant

Chant (chant)
v. t.(?)
Chant
[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. To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant

Chant (chant)
v. i.
Chant
  1. To make melody with the voice; to sing.
    "Chant to the sound of the viol." Amos vi. 5.
  2. To sing, as in reciting a chant.

    To chant (or chaunt) horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.

Chant

Chant (chant)
n.
Chant
  1. Song; melody.
  2. 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.
  3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
  4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
    [R.]

    His strange face, his strange chant.
    Macaulay.

    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.













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