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noun

Chanting n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.

Chanting falcon (Zool.), 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.

verb

Chant v. t. (past & past part. chanted; pres. part. chanting)

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. "The cheerful birds... do chant sweet music."

To celebrate in song. "The poets chant in the theaters."

(Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant v. i.

To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the sound of the viol."

(Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.

To chant horses or To chant horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter.

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Etymology of 'Chanting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chanting" Quotes from Famous Books

... an island consecrated to music from the days of Orpheus, and we can imagine the lovers singing together and Achilles solacing his loneliness by chanting to Patroclus the praises of ...

— The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 • Basil L. Gildersleeve

... Tahn-te had sat in meditation before the sacred wall of the stone face, chanting the songs to the clouds and the yellow birds of the sun color, watching the pictured rock until the lines moved when his body swayed to the chant, and a living thing seemed before him—the accumulated faiths of all the devotees in that place since ...

— The Flute of the Gods • Marah Ellis Ryan

... down upon the pillow, breathing the calm breath of deep, refreshing slumber. Tims still crouched upon the bed, chanting her monotonous song and contemplating her work. At length she slipped off, conscious of pins-and-needles in her legs, and as she withdrew, Milly with a sudden motion stretched her body out in the white bed, as straight and still almost as that of ...

— The Invader - A Novel • Margaret L. Woods

... a bench before the stable door, our backs against the wall, which, was still hot from the sun's rays. The locusts were chanting their monotonous song in a great sycamore which covered us with its branches. Over the tops of the houses the full moon, which had just appeared, rose gently in the heavens. The night seemed all the more beautiful because the day ...

— Nobody's Boy - Sans Famille • Hector Malot

... so they attributed their misfortunes to the anger of the old gods and decided to stamp out this new and dangerous religion. It had taken a strong hold on one of their villages, Awatobi, even to the extent of replacing some of the old ceremonies with the new singing and chanting and praying. And so Awatobi was destroyed by representatives from all the other villages. Entering the sleeping village just before dawn, they pulled up the ladders from the underground kivas where all the men of the village were known to be ...

— The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi • Hattie Greene Lockett

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