crieth

Verb

cry (third-person singular simple present cries, present participle crying, simple past and past participle cried)

1. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
   • That sad movie always makes me cry.
2. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
   • All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I'll speak.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
3. (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
   • And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:46
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
   • My secrets cry aloud.
     I have no need for tongue.1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC...
5. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
   • the young ravens which cry1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 147:9

   Synonyms:

   call

6. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
   • Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.

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