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.
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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.
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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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