Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHOUT
SHOUT, v.i. [This word coincides with shoot, W. ysgythu, to jet, to spout.]
To utter a sudden and loud outcry, usually in joy, triumph or exultation, or to animate soldiers in an onset. It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery. – Exod. xxxii. When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout. – Josh. vi.
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