CHANT (2)

Source: 566, 567

chant (2). Chant, v.t. to sing, to sing cathedrals, &c. a songster

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Chant, v. i. 1. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. “Chant to the sound of the viol.” Amos vi. 5.
2. 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
To chant (or chaunt) horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.