The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
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.
2. (Mus.) 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.
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. [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}.