Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chanting"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chanting \Chant"ing\ (ch[.a]nt"[i^]ng), n.
Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.
{Chanting falcon} (Zo["o]l.), an African falcon ({Melierax
canorus or musicus}). The male has the habit, remarkable
in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is
incubating.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chanting
n : the act of singing in a monotonous tone [syn: {intonation}]
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