Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chanted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

chanted
adj : sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone; "a chanted
psalm"


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