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vociferate

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vo⋅cif⋅er⋅ate

  [voh-sif-uh-reyt]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L vōciferātus (ptp. of vōciferāri to shout), equiv. to vōci-, s. of vōx voice + fer(re) to bear 1 + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
vo⋅cif⋅er⋅a⋅tor, noun
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vo·cif·er·ate   (vō-sĭf'ə-rāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   vo·cif·er·at·ed, vo·cif·er·at·ing, vo·cif·er·ates
To utter (something) or cry out loudly and vehemently, especially in protest.

[Latin vōciferārī, vōciferāt-, from *vōcifer, carrying the voice : vōx, vōc-, voice; see voice + -fer; see -fer.]
vo·cif'er·a'tion n., vo·cif'er·a'tor n.
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