vociferate

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/
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/vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/ · /vəˈsɪfəɹeɪt/

Definition of vociferate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To cry out with vehemence
    “Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,”
    “He then began to vociferate pretty loudly, and at last an old woman, opening an upper casement, asked, Who they were, and what they wanted?”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To cry out with vehemence
    “Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,”
    “He then began to vociferate pretty loudly, and at last an old woman, opening an upper casement, asked, Who they were, and what they wanted?”
  2. (transitive)To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
    “Though he may vociferate the word liberty.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (“to vociferate”), from vox, vocis (“voice”) + ferre (“to bear”). See voice, and bear (“to carry”).

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