vociferate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/, /vəˈsɪfəɹeɪt/

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Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To cry out with vehemence

   Synonyms: exclaim, bawl, clamor

   • 1782, William Cowper, Conversation:

     Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC:

     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.
   • 1779, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary:

     Though he may vociferate the word liberty.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     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

Etymology 1

Verb

vociferate

1. inflection of vociferare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

vociferate f pl

1. feminine plural of vociferato

Latin

Participle

vōciferāte

1. vocative masculine singular of vōciferātus

Spanish

Verb

vociferate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of vociferar combined with te