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  • English Word Vocation Definition The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.
  • English Word Vocation Definition A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.
  • English Word Vocative Definition Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
  • English Word Vocative Definition The vocative case.
  • English Word Vociferance Definition Vociferation; noise; clamor.
  • English Word Vociferant Definition Noisy; clamorous.
  • English Word Vociferate Definition To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim; to bawl; to clamor.
  • English Word Vociferate Definition To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
  • English Word Vociferated Definition of Vociferate
  • English Word Vociferating Definition of Vociferate
  • English Word Vociferation Definition The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice.
  • English Word Vociferator Definition One who vociferates, or is clamorous.
  • English Word Vociferous Definition Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds.
  • English Word Vocule Definition A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
  • English Word Vodanium Definition A supposed element, afterward found to be a mixture of several metals, as copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
  • English Word Vodka Definition A Russian drink distilled from rye.
  • English Word Voe Definition An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
  • English Word Vogle Definition Same as Vugg.
  • English Word Vogue Definition The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue.
  • English Word Vogue Definition Influence; power; sway.
  • English Word Voice Definition Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
  • English Word Voice Definition Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
  • English Word Voice Definition The tone or sound emitted by anything.
  • English Word Voice Definition The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
  • English Word Voice Definition Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
  • English Word Voice Definition Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
  • English Word Voice Definition Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
  • English Word Voice Definition One who speaks; a speaker.
  • English Word Voice Definition A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  • English Word Voice Definition To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.