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pre-intone(dictionary)
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intone(2) (iou) and Stevin, Simon (sh)


intone(2) (iou)



intone verb. Also (earlier, now rare) entone. L15.
[medieval Latin intonare, formed as IN-2 + tonus TONE noun; en- from Old French entoner (mod. entonner).]
verb trans. & intrans. Utter in musical tones, chant; spec. recite in a singing voice (esp. a psalm, prayer, etc. in a liturgy), usu. in a monotone. L15.
A. Burgess An age-old Hindu prayer was intoned. B. Emecheta The priest..kept mumbling and intoning.
verb trans. Utter with a particular tone or intonation. M19.
G. P. Marsh A clear..and properly intoned..pronunciation.
intonement noun (rare) the action of intoning or chanting M19.
intoner noun M19.

Stevin, Simon (sh)




born 1548, Bruges, Flanders
died 1620, The Hague, Holland

Flemish mathematician.

In 1585 Stevin published a small pamphlet, La Thiende ("The Tenth"), in which he presented an account of decimal fractions and their daily use. Though he did not invent decimal fractions and his notation was clumsy, he established the use of decimals in day-to-day mathematics.