different between vociferate vs vociferation

English

Etymology

From Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (“to vociferate”), from vox, vocis (“voice”) + ferre (“to bear”). See voice, and bear (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v???s?f??e?t/, /v??s?f??e?t/

Verb

vociferate (third-person singular simple present vociferates, present participle vociferating, simple past and past participle vociferated)

1. (intransitive) To cry out with vehemence

   Synonyms: exclaim, bawl, clamor

   • 1782, William Cowper, Conversation

     Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,

   • He then began to vociferate pretty loudly, and at last an old woman, opening an upper casement, asked, Who they were, and what they wanted?

2. (transitive) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
   • 1779, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary

     Though he may vociferate the word liberty.

Translations

Italian

Verb

vociferate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vociferare
2. second-person plural imperative of vociferare
3. feminine plural of vociferato

Latin

Participle

v?cifer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of v?cifer?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin v?cifer?ti?, from v?ciferor (“shout”), from v?x (“voice”) + fer? (“carry”); compare French vocifération.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v???s?f.???e?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /vo??s?f.???e?.??n/

Noun

vociferation (plural vociferations)

1. The act of exclaiming; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Crack go the whips; but twenty Patriot arms have seized each of the eight bridles: there is rearing, rocking, vociferation; not the smallest headway.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vociferation.

Related terms

• vociferate
• vociferative
• vociferous
• vociferously

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