And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud
voice. -- Matt.
xxvii. 46.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice.
--Shak.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto
thee. -- Ps. xxviii.
2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord. --Is. xl. 3.
Some cried after him to return. --Bunyan.
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.
Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. --Is. lxv. 14.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's
apparel and to cry like a woman. --Shak.
3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
The young ravens which cry. --Ps. cxlvii.
9.
In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do
cry. --Shak.
{To cry on} or {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 {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.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the
crying sin of our modern Christianity. --I. Taylor.