Here - Norm's Book Club

VOCATIVELY.
.
i747RicHARDsoK6Varwjrt(iSii) II. V. 27 The two latter
will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear
your whining vocatives.
Hence Vo catively adv.
i66> Bp. Pearson Creed {^d. 2) 145 The Nominative may
as well stand vocatively without an Article. 1904 Bradley
Making- 0/ English 192 To use the word [fellow] vocatively
' '.
to an equal in the sense of comrade
11 "Voce. [L. voce, abl. of vox voice, word.]
Under the word or heading. (Cf. Vo.l, Voc.)
1838 Bell Diet. Law Scoti. 866 What regards the calling
Iist=;iias been explained, voce Calling a Summons.
Voce, obs. Sc. and north, variant of Voice.
t Voche, v. Obs.-^ [app* ^^' OF. vocher^ -ier :
see Vouch ».] trans. ?To call or summon.
13.. E. E. Aim. p. I22I Legyounes of aungelez togeder
uoched per kesten ensens of swete smelle.
Vochette, error for rochette Rochet.
a 1548 Hall Chron.^ Hen. VIII^ 7 Ouer their gannentes
were vochettes of pleasantes, rouled with Crymsyne veluet,
and set w* letters of golde. [Hence in Holinshed.J
Vociferance (v(7si*ferans). [f. next : see
-ANCE.] a. Clamour or noise of shouting, b.
Vociferant quality,
1838 S. Bellamy Betrayal 168 From darkness came The
hydra tongued vociferance. 1855 Browning Master Hu^ues
o/SaxeCotha xv, AH now is wrangle, abuse and vociferance.
1889 Pall AfailG. a8 May 2/3 Alternating between
a hoarse whisper and a painfully pitched vociferance.
Vociferant (v£«i'ferant), a. and sb. [ad. L,
vociferant-^ vociferanSy pres, pple. of vociferdrt^
'dre : see next.]
A. adj. Clamouring, bawling, vociferating,
1609 J. Davies (Heref.) HolyRoode Wks. (Grosart) 1. 19/a
For, all his Wounds, with voice vociferant, Crie out they
can more than supply each want ! 1659 Gauden Tears Ch.
214 The most vociferant vulgar.. do least know what the
matter is. 1685 H. More Paralip. Prophet, vi. 38 That
Themisiocles came to Artaxerxes, not to Xerxes, . . be proves
from a plain narrative, where there is no mention of any
vociferant Ecstatical Olbius. 1836 Westm. RezK XXIV. 82
A new race of parsons sprung up, half political leaders,
half-fanatical fire*brands . .now declaiming in the pulpit, now
vociferant in the tavern (etc. J. 1850 Browning Christmas
Eve iv. 28 My mind was full of the scene I had left. That
placid flock, that pastor vociferant. 1863 Mrs. Whitnf.y
Faith Gartney's Gir/h. xiv, She., shook first him and then
his frock., and carried him, vociferant, to the door.
B. sb. A clamorous or noisy person.
1890 Atlantic Monthly May 675/2 Strange as
appear to earnest but misguided vociferants.
it may
Vociferate (vi^si-fer^t), v. [f. vodfer^-^^^.
stem of L. vodferarl (rarely 'dre), f, voei', vox
voice A-ferre to carry. Cf. F. voci/^rer, Sp. and
Pg, vociferar^ It. vociferare^
1. intr. To cry out loudly ; to bawl, to shout.
i6«3 CocKiRAM I, Vociferate, to bray or crie out. 167a
Marvell Reh. Transp. 11. 270 You do so insult and
vociferate upon it, like one of your bulky Princes (etc.].
1768 .\Iarq. Rockingham in G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke
(1847) xvi. III. 427 He vociferated beyond even his
usual pitch. 1791 Cowi'BR Iliad xii. 335 So they vociferating
to the Greeks, Stirr'd them to battle. 18x4 Miss L. M.
Hawkins Annaline II. 196 His passion was somewhat exhausted
and he ceased to vociferate.^ 1856 Kane Arct.
Expl. I. xvii. 202 They were vociferating as ifto attract oar
attention.
2. trans. To utter in a loud voice ; to shout out
clamorously ;
mence.
to declaim or assert with loud vehe-
The object may be either
descriptive noun [b\
the words uttered (a), or a
(a) 1748 Richardson Clarissa VI. 99 Damn'd, damn*d
doings I vociferated the Peer. 1797 Mrs. Radcliffe
Italian xvi, * You shall not separate me from my master,
though ', vociferated Paulo. 1816 Scott Old Mort. xxxi,
They vociferated loudly, that those who were not with them
were against them. 185a Mrs. Stowk Uncle Tom's C. vii.
He therefore rode along.. vociferating occasionally that
'twas * desp't rough, and bad for Jerry's foot '. 1871 Memherfor
Paris I. 235 ' You shall apologize,' vociferated the
Bench.
{b) 1758 Johnson Idler No. 2, f6 The cook warbles her
lyrics m the kitchen, and the thrasher vociferates his
heroicks in the barn. i7Ba V. Knox Ess. Ixxxi. (1819} II.
127 The ignorant plebeian, though he may vociferate the
word Liberty in a riot, knows not how to give it an effectual
support. 180s Mrs. E. Parsons Myst. Visit I. 89 The
nursery-maid. .loudly vociferated the dreadful accident to
the astonished servants. 1848 Kmily Brontk Wuthtriug
H.'xx^ He entered, vociferating oaths dreadful to hear. i8te
F. WiNSix>w Diseases Brain ^ Mind'iv. 53, I then began
to vociferate a number of most incoherent expressions.
3. To drive by means of clamour.
x88o Daily Tel. 9 April, It would be worse than disappointing,
.if Lord Beaconsfield should have been vociferated
out of office merely in order to please Montenegro and
Bulgaria.
Hence Voci'ferated ///. a. ; Yoci'teT&tingvbL
sb. and /•/>/, a.
1617 Fletcher Mad Lover w. ii. Beef we can bear before
us. .And tubs of pork ; vociferating veals. 17*8 Pope /?i*«c.
II. Argt., Then follow the Exercises for the Poets, of tickling,
vociferating, diving 1781 Cowpeb Conversat. 113
Vociferated logic kills metiuite.
Vociferation (v^ifi-r^/an). Also 5 voce-,
5-6 vocyferacion, 6 -cyon, 6 vociferacioru
fa. OF. vociferacion (mod.F. vocifirations pi., =
Sp. vociferacion^ Pg. -afa, It. -azione), or ad. L,
vociferdtidn-^ vociferdtiOf noun of action f. voci-
Jerdri: see prec. and -ation.]
279
1. An act or instance of loud speaking or shouting;
a clamour or outcry.
c 1400 Sc, Trojan War ii. 145 pe vocyferacions Of the
giet glawmouvs & l>e sownes War herd in entrlng of be
place. 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 C ij, Ye ought
to haue cure of all the body in strengthyng it with dyueis
exercytacyons, testynges, and vociferacions. 1603 Holland
Plutarch^s Mor. 619 Howbeit, in this exercise we
must beware of over-loud vociferations and clamours. 1709
Stkelk Tatler No. 54 P 5 When our young Heralds are
exercis'd in the Faculties of making Proclamation, and other
Vociferations. 1750 Johnson Rambler No. 18 P4, lean
hear the vociferations of either sex without catching any of
the fire from those that utter them. 1837 Ht. Martineau
Soc. Amer. \\. 167 How mean and trivial are the vociferations
in defence of property. 1865 Livingstone Zambesi
xxvii. 550 Without paying any attention to his vociferations
we went on.
2. The action of vociferating ; the utterance of
loud outcries or shouts; loud and vehement exer-
cise of the voice.
1538 Roy Rede me (Arb.) 43 With terrible vociferacion
They made wonderfull exclamacion The worde of god to
subverte. 01548 Hall Chron., Rich. ///, 29 b, The people
. .woulde openly crye and make vocyferacion thatGaddsjd
take vengeance. 1590 Barrough Meth. Physick in. xxviii.
(1639) 148 It is manifest that vociferation and crying out.,
doth greatly helpe in this evilL 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet.
188 Such exercises as gently dilate and extend the
Breast, as shooting, vociferation, commotion of the Arms.
17X8 Addison Spect. No. 407 P 2 Violent Gesture and
Vociferation naturally shake the Hearts of the Ignorant.
1753 Hanwav Trcfu. viL Ixxxvi. (1762) I. 400 They modulate
their voices to a tone consistent with pious thoughts,
without that extravagant vociferation practised in some
churches. 1820 Scorr Let. in Lockhart {1837) IV. xi. 368
The whole mob of the Middlesex blackguards, .almost drive
me mad with their noise and vociferation. i86a Borrow
W^a/«iv, There was plenty of vociferation, but not one single
burst of eloquence. 1867 Lady Herbert Cradle L. ii. 58
That wounderfully busy scene of embarkation and disem*
barkation, and of noisy Arab vociferation.
b. Const, of (the words uttered).
1780 Johnson in Boswell (igoi) II. 325 Having after some
confused vociferation of ' Hear him—hear him I ' obtained
a silent attention.
t Voci*ferative, a, Obs-^ [f. as Vocifbbatb
V. + -IVE.] Vociferous.
iSj)3 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 50 With dismall crying and
vociferatiue inculcating vnto her.
Vociferator (vosi-fer^tai). [f. VociFERATB v.y
or ad. L. vociferator (TertuUian). Cf. F. vocifirateury
Sp. and Pg. vociferador.'\ One who or that
which vociferates ; a clamorous or noisy shouter.
X814 Moore Mem. (1853) II. 50, I dare say I shall put up
with their noises till spring, when certainly you shall have the
advanUge of at least one of the little yociferators. i8s4
Ann. Reg. 172 A numerous herd of vociferators in favour
of arbitrary power. 1887 Daily Tel. 27 Oct, (Cassell's), He
defied the vociferators to do their worst.
VociTerO'Sity. rarr~^. [f, next : see -ositt.]
The quality or state of being vociferous.
1837CARLYLE jl//w., Mirabeau (iZ^j) IV. 90 Shall we give
poor EufBere's testimonial in mess