Chant

v. t.	1.	To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To make melody with the voice; to sing.
	2.	(Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. To chant horses to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. - Thackeray.
n.	1.	Song; melody.
	2.	(Mus.) 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. His strange face, his strange chant. - Macaulay. Ambrosian chant 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.

Noun	1.	chant - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Verb	1.	chant - recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" Synonyms: cantillate, intonate, intone
	2.	chant - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" Synonyms: intone, tone

Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Brautlied, Christmas carol, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Kunstlied, Liebeslied, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, Volkslied, alba, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole, bark, bawl, bellow, bis, blare, blat, blubber, blues, blues song, boat song, bob, boom, bray, breathe, bridal hymn, brindisi, burden, buzz, cackle, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet, canzonetta, cavatina, chanson, chantey, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorale, chorus, coo, croon, croon song, crow, descant, dirge, ditto, ditty, do-re-mi, doxology, drawl, drinking song, epithalamium, exclaim, flute, folk song, gasp, growl, grunt, hallelujah, hiss, hosanna, hum, hymeneal, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, intonate, intone, keen, laud, lay, lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, mantra, matin, minstrel, minstrel song, minstrelsy, monody, motet, mumble, murmur, mutter, national anthem, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, pant, pipe, prothalamium, psalmody, quaver, refrain, repeat, repetend, report, response, responsory, ritornello, roar, roulade, rumble, scream, screech, serena, serenade, serenata, shake, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing in chorus, singsong, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sol-fa, solmizate, song, squall, squawk, squeal, theme song, thunder, torch song, tremolo, trill, troll, trumpet, tune, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, undersong, versicle, vocalize, wail, war song, warble, wedding song, whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yodel

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