'To cry out' definitions:

Definition of 'To cry out'

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  • Cry \Cry\, v. t.
  • 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly. [1913 Webster]
  • All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Love is lost, and thus she cries him. --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. [1913 Webster]
  • I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath. --Judd. [1913 Webster]
  • To cry aim. See under Aim.
  • To cry down, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'To cry out'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. -- Matt. xxvii. 46. [1913 Webster]
  • Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. -- Ps. xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals. [1913 Webster]
  • The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To cry on or To cry 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 To cry out 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. [1913 Webster]

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