Clam"or , v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate
demands.
The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong
night.
Shak.
Clam"or , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clamoring.]
1. To salute loudly. [R.]
The people with a
shout
Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
Milton.
2. To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.
3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
Longfellow.
To
clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
to produce a loud clang.
Bp. Warbur&?;ion.
Clam"or (?), n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F.
clameur, fr. L. clamor, fr. clamare to
cry out. See
Claim.]
1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
Shak.
2. Any loud and continued noise.
Addison.
3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
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