vociferate

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I vociferate, as a Parrot in the great cage of the World, I hop, screeching, 'What I say is!' from perch to perch.

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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To utter (something) or cry out loudly and vehemently, especially in protest.

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  • Pray go When he does attempt to vociferate, the asthmatic complaint under which he evidently labours prevents him from delivering the sentences in more copious instalments than the following I'll fight--till--from my bones--my flesh--be hacked We may be told that Mr. Graham cannot help his physical defects; but he can help being an actor, and, above all, choosing a part which requires great prowess of voice. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
  • I'll vociferate, I'll whimper, pacing up and down the garden, my body distended, my legs bent outward, feigning madness to terrify the tom-cats TOBY-DOG I know something of the changes and pleasures you foretell, Fire--for I'm a Dog. —  Barks and Purrs
  • "Only tell me where you feel pain The boy, showing his sister's arm, said, in a surly tone--"It is this that is hurt--but it was not I did it It was, it was_," cried the girl as loud as she could vociferate: "it was Maurice threw me down from the top of the press No--it was you that were pushing me, Victoire, and you fell backwards.--Have done screeching, and show your arm to the lady I can't," said the girl She won't," said the boy She cannot_," said Mad. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 06
  • There was Cotton Mather, the holy man, the champion against the Evil One, the saint who walked with God, and daily lifted up his voice in prayer and defiance and thanksgiving--he was ever at hand, to cross-question, to insinuate, to surmise, to bluster, to interpret, to terrify, to perplex, to vociferate: surely, this paragon of learning and virtue must know more about the devil than any mere layman could pretend to know; and they must accept his assurance and guidance. —  The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775
  • Each day at dress-parade I stand with the customary folding of the arms before a regimental line of countenances so black that I can hardly tell whether the men stand steadily or not; black is every hand which moves in ready cadence as I vociferate, "Battalion! —  Army Life in a Black Regiment
 

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  1. Latin vōciferārī, vōciferāt-, from *vōcifer, carrying the voice : vōx, vōc-, voice; see voice + -fer; see -fer.

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  1. from Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (later Italian vociferare = Spanish Portuguese vociferar = French vociférer), cry out, scream, from vox (voc-). voice, + ferre = English bear.
 

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