intone

i. . [Low Lat. in to no, from Lat. intonum =according to tone: Ital. int on are, Fr. entoner, entonner; Sp. entonar.] A. Intransitive : 2362 In-tox-i-ca-tion, s. [INTOXICATE, V.] I. Literally : II. Fig .: A state of high excitement of spirits; elation leading to frenzy, delirium, or enthusiasm. "His actions, however, display the intoxication of extreme self-confidence." -Hallam : Middle Ages , ch, vii. In-tra-, pref . [Lat.] A Latin preposition, signifying within, used as a prefix to many English words. IMG:content-1809.png:[blocks in formation] In-tra-cran-I-al, a . [Pref. intra- , and English cranial.] Situated within the cerebellum. In-trăc-ta-bil-1-ty, s . [ Eng.intractabl ( e ); -ity.] The quality or state of being intractable. "If he still fell short of his master, the fault was not in him, but the intractability of his language."-Hurd: Notes on the Art of Poetry. In-tract-a-ble, a. [O. Fr., from Lat. in tract abilis , from in- =not, and tractabilis =tractable (q. v.); Ital. in tratt a bile ; Sp. intra table .] 1. Not tractable; that cannot be governed, man aged, or kept in order; unmanageable, refractory, violent, ungovernable, obstinate, stubborn, per verse. "To the common run of more intractable and perverse tempers." -War burton: Divine Legation , bk. ii., § 3. *2. Hard to treat. "He [Henry VIII.] was much pained and became exceeding froward and intractable."-Burnet: History Refor mation (an. 1547). In-tract-a-ble-ne , subst . [Eng. intractable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being intractable; Pope : Dunciad , ii. 253. 2. Music: To recite prayers, ., in a monotone; to chant. B. Trans.: To recite in a monotone; it includes the delivery of the prayers in monotone, and the precenting or leading of the plain song of the Psalms, Creed, Canticles, . In torsion, s. [Lat. intortio , from intort us , pa. par. of intorqueo =to bend, to curve.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A winding, bending, or twisting. 2. Bot .: The state of any part which is twisted up itself. in tort, v . t . [Lat. intort us, pa..par. of int or queo: in -in, into, and torqueo to twist.] To twist, to twine, to wreathe, to wring.