Emily Dickinson Lexicon

voice (-s), n. [AFr and OFr < L. vox, voice, sound.] (webplay: alone, bird, certain, day, death, different, fit, floods, God, harsh, hill, man, melody, mouth, music, opinion, pipes, prayer, present, right, say, small, soft, sound, still, sweet, tone, woman, words).

1. Message; announcement; proclamation; declaration; spoken words.
2. Speech; verbal expression; oral communication; way of speaking; [fig.] crying; feelings; emotional state.
3. Vocal range; capacity for singing.
4. Chirping; birdcall; birdsong.
5. Intonation; human utterance.
6. Noise; rustle of wind; rush of air.
7. Sound; means of speaking; ways of communicating.
8. Muse; revelation; source of inspiration.
9. Dialogue; opportunity for conversation; [fig.] answer to a prayer.