give vent to en · VERB
Meanings
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To utter; to produce (a sound).
[…]the news I had just received, struck me as the wildest, most ridiculous incongruity I had ever heard of or imagined,—and I gave vent to a shout of laughter.
1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published 1896, →OCLC, page 17:
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To express (an emotion, opinion, etc.).
Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 25:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gives vent to | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gave vent to | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| given vent to | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| giving vent to | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
eo eligi (utter; to produce)