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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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. Warburion.
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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.
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