(transitive, intransitive, dated) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner.

(transitive, dated) To say or speak with a certain intonation.

(transitive, dated) To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa.

(obsolete) To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice.