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Webster 1913 Edition
Vociferation
Vo-cifˊer-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
vociferatio
: cf. F. vocifération
.] The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
Violent gesture and
vociferation
naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant. Spectator.
Plaintive strains succeeding the
vociferations
of emotion or of pain. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vociferation
VOCIFERA'TION
,Noun.
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English
Noun
vociferation (plural vociferations)
- The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV, chapter iii
- And as she apprehended the boy's life was in danger, she screamed ten times louder than before; and indeed Master Blifil himself now seconded her with all the vociferation in his power.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV, chapter iii
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:vociferation.
Related terms
Translations
act of exclaiming; violent outcry
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