Of persons. To utter vocal sounds; to speak, cry, or sing. Obsolete.

To cause to rise. transitive. To make (the voice) heard; = raise, v.1 21. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a voice, music, etc.: to produce sound, esp. quietly; to sound or speak softly.

intransitive. To utter vocal sounds.

intransitive. To produce or utter sounds, words, etc., with the voice. Now usually of an animal (cf. vocalization, n. 4).