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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cry \Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d); p. pr & vb n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr queri to complain; cf Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf {Quarrel} a brawl, {Querulous}.] 1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. -- Matt. xxvii. 46. Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. --Shak. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. -- Ps xxviii. 2. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl 3. Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan. 2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14. I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak. 3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals. The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii 9. In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak. {To cry on} or {upon}, to call upon the name of to beseech. ``No longer on Saint Denis will we cry.'' --Shak. {To cry out}. a To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. b To complain loudly; to lament. {To cry out against}, to complain loudly of to censure; to blame. {To cry out on} or {upon}, to denounce; to censure. ``Cries out upon abuses.'' --Shak. {To cry to}, to call on in prayer; to implore. {To cry you mercy}, to beg your pardon. ``I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cry \Cry\ (kr?), n.; pl {Cries} (kr?z). [F. cri, fr crier to cry. See {Cry}, v. i. ] 1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. --Milton. 2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand. Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever. --Macaulay. 3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation. There shall be a great cry throughout all the land. --Ex. xi 6. An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. --Tennyson. 4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. --Swift. The cry went once on thee. --Shak. 5. Importunate supplication. O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. --Shak. 6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. --Mayhew. 7. Common report; fame. The cry goes that you shall marry her --Shak. 8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as the party cry of the Tories. All now depends upon a good cry. --Beaconsfield. 9. A pack of hounds. --Milton. A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to nor cheered with horn. --Shak. 10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt. Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players? --Shak. 11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth. {A far cry}, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cry \Cry\, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. All all cry shame against ye yet I 'll speak. --Shak. The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! --Bunyan. 2. To cause to do something or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as to cry one's self to sleep. 3. To make oral and public proclamation of to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found goods to be sold, ets.; as to cry goods, etc Love is lost, and thus she cries him --Crashaw. 4. Hence to publish the banns of as for marriage. I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath. --Judd. {To cry aim}. See under {Aim}. {To cry down}, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn. Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it --Tillotson. {To cry out}, to proclaim; to shout. ``Your gesture cries it out.'' --Shak. {To cry quits}, to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a contest. {To cry up}, to enhance the value or reputation of by public and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cry n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" [syn: {outcry}, {call}, {yell}, {shout}, {vociferation}] 2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: {yell}] 3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause "a cry to arms" [syn: {war cry}, {rallying cry}, {battle cry}] 4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry" 5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: {shout}, {shout out}, {call}, {yell}, {scream}, {holler}, {hollo}, {squall}] 2: shed tears because of sadness or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death" [syn: {weep}] [ant: {laugh}] 3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "I won!" he exlaimed [syn: {exclaim}, {cry out}, {outcry}, {call out}, {shout}] 4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a town cryer would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in the market square" [syn: {blazon out}] 5: demand immediate action "This situation is crying for attention" 6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying" 7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"
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