Vo*cif`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F. vocif'eration.]
The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the hearts of the ignorant.
Spectator.
Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of emotion or of pain.
Byron.
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