Past tense of chaunt; sang or recited in a rhythmic, repetitive manner.
From 'chaunt' with the regular past tense '-ed' suffix, maintaining the archaic spelling from Middle English.
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, pilgrims 'chaunted' stories to pass time on the road—this word carries the actual voice of 14th-century English literature.
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