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  vociferant vociferous  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:vo·cif·er·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  v-sf-rt
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: vo·cif·er·at·ed, vo·cif·er·at·ing, vo·cif·er·ates
To utter (something) or cry out loudly and vehemently, especially in protest.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin vciferr, vcifert-, from *vcifer, carrying the voice : vx, vc-, voice; see voice + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:vo·cifer·ation —NOUN
vo·cifer·ator —NOUN
 
 
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