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Webster 1913 Edition


Vociferate

Vo-cif′er-ate

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
vociferatus
, p. p.
vociferari
to vociferate;
vox
,
vocis
, voice +
ferre
to bear. See
Voice
, and
Bear
to carry.]
To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
Cowper.

Vo-cif′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vociferated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vociferating
.]
To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
Though he may
vociferate
the word liberty.
V. Knox.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vociferate

VOCIF'ERATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. vocifero, vex and fero.] To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim.

VOCIF'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
To utter with a loud voice.

Definition 2024


vociferate

vociferate

English

Verb

vociferate (third-person singular simple present vociferates, present participle vociferating, simple past and past participle vociferated)

  1. (intransitive) To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of William Cowper to this entry?)
  2. (transitive) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
    • Vicesimus Knox
      Though he may vociferate the word liberty.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XVIII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
      At the end of this period she found speech. “Of all the damn silly fatheaded things!” she vociferated, if that's the word. [...] something had occurred to wake the fiend that slept in him. “Dahlia!” he ... yes better make it vociferated once more, I'm pretty sure it's the word I want.

Translations


Italian

Verb

vociferate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of vociferare
  2. second-person plural imperative of vociferare
  3. feminine plural of vociferato

Latin

Participle

vōciferāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of vōciferātus