\Cry\ (kr[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cried} (kr[imac]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Crying}.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to
raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to
complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. {Quarrel} a
brawl, {Querulous}.]
1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently
   or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to
   pray; to implore.
         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.

\Cry\, v. t.
1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad;
   to declare publicly.
         All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak.
                                               --Shak.
         The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal
         life!                                 --Bunyan.
2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by
   crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
3. To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare
   publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially
   things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry
   goods, etc.
         Love is lost, and thus she cries him. --Crashaw.
4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
         I should not be surprised if they were cried in
         church next Sabbath.                  --Judd.
{To cry aim}. See under {Aim}.
{To cry down}, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to
   condemn.
         Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because
         they would not be under the restraints of it.
                                               --Tillotson.
{To cry out}, to proclaim; to shout. ``Your gesture cries it
   out.'' --Shak.
{To cry quits}, to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a
   contest.
{To cry up}, to enhance the value or reputation of by public
   and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.

\Cry\ (kr?), n.; pl. {Cries} (kr?z). [F. cri, fr. crier to
cry. See {Cry}, v. i. ]
1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound
   produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of
   hounds; the cry of wolves. --Milton.
2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
         Again that cry was found to have been as
         unreasonable as ever.                 --Macaulay.
3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with
   tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
         There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.
                                               --Ex. xi. 6.
         An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for
         the light; And with no language but a cry.
                                               --Tennyson.
4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular
   acclamation or favor. --Swift.
         The cry went once on thee.            --Shak.
5. Importunate supplication.
         O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. --Shak.
6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by
   hawkers of their wares.
         The street cries of London.           --Mayhew.
7. Common report; fame.
         The cry goes that you shall marry her. --Shak.
8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and
   repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
         All now depends upon a good cry.      --Beaconsfield.
9. A pack of hounds. --Milton.
         A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to, nor cheered
         with horn.                            --Shak.
10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
          Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry
          of players?                          --Shak.
11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent
    back and forth.
{A far cry}, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending
   of criers or messengers through the territory of a
   Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.