KJV Dictionary Definition: chant

chant

CHANT, v.t.

1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations.

The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.

2. To celebrate in song; as, to chant the praises of Jehovah.

3. To sing, as in church-service; to repeat words in a kind of canting voice, with modulations.

chanted

CHANTED, pp. Sung; uttered with modulations of voice.

chanting

CHANTING, ppr. Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.

CHANTING, n. The act of singing, or uttering with a song.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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