Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cry \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 \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.