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Cry (kr&ī;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (kr&ī;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.
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And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Matt. xxvii. 46.
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Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
Shak.
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Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee.
Ps. xxviii. 2.
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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
Is. xl. 3.
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Some cried after him to return.
Bunyan.
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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.
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Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart.
Is. lxv. 14.
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I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman.
Shak.
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3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
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The young ravens which cry.
Ps. cxlvii. 9.
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In a cowslip's bell I lie
There I couch when owls do cry.
Shak.
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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.
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Cry, v. t. 1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
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All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.
Shak.
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The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life!
Bunyan.
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2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
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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.
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Love is lost, and thus she cries him.
Crashaw.
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4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
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I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath.
Judd.
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To cry aim. See under Aim. -- To cry down, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn.
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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.
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Cry (kr?), n.; pl. Cries (kr&unr_;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.
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2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
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Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever.
Macaulay.
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3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
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There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.
Ex. xi. 6.
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An infant crying in the night,
An infant crying for the light;
And with no language but a cry.
Tennyson.
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4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. Swift.
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The cry went once on thee.
Shak.
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5. Importunate supplication.
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O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls.
Shak.
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6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
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The street cries of London.
Mayhew.
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7. Common report; fame.
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The cry goes that you shall marry her.
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8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
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All now depends upon a good cry.
Beaconsfield.
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9. A pack of hounds. Milton.
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A cry more tunable
Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.
Shak.
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10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
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Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players?
Shak.
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11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
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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.
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