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Cantillate

[KAN-til-eyt]

Part of speech: verb

Origin: Latin, 19th century

1.

Chant or intone.

Examples of Cantillate in a sentence

"Micah practiced for months to learn how to cantillate in Hebrew during his bar mitzvah."

"While my father cooked supper, he amused us by cantillating a narration of every step of the recipe."

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