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vociferating

vociferating is the present participle and gerund of vociferate.

Meaning of vociferate

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To cry out with vehemence
    • Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,1782, William Cowper, Conversation
    Synonyms:
    exclaim, bawl, clamor
  2. (transitive) To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
    • Though he may vociferate the word liberty.1779, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary

Questions about vociferating

What is vociferating the present participle and gerund of?
Vociferating is the present participle and gerund of vociferate.

Words near vociferating in the dictionary

  1. vociferance
  2. vociferant
  3. vociferate
  4. vociferated
  5. vociferates
  6. vociferating
  7. vociferation
  8. vociferations
  9. vociferative
  10. vociferator
  11. vociferators

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