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Word of the Day for Friday, April 15, 2011vociferate \voh-SIF-uh-reyt\, verb: To speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl. Julius continued to vociferate the awful cry until he roused Reuben and mine host, and waked the ladies, who began to echo him with all the might of female lungs. He replied audibly enough, in a fashion which made my companion vociferate, more clamorously than before, that a wide distinction might be drawn between saints like himself and sinners like his master. Vociferate derives from the Latin combination vox, "voice," and ferre, "to bear." | |||||||||
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Friday, April 15, 2011
vociferate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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