incant
/ɪnˈkænt/verb
with obj.
- chant or intone吟唱, 吟咏：
priests were incanting psalms round her body.
教士们在她尸体周围吟唱着圣歌。
词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'use enchantment on'）： from Latin incantare 'to chant， charm'， from in- (expressing intensive force) + cantare 'sing'. The current sense dates from the mid 20th cent.