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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.
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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 \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.
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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. --Shak.
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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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Cry \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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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.
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