cry on

Verb

Meaning

cry on (third-person singular simple present cries on, present participle crying on, simple past and past participle cried on)

(archaic, transitive) To call on; to invoke.

Examples

Stella: And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby.. [she smiles to herself] Blanche: I guess that is what is meant by being in love.. Tennessee Williams

I still cry on waking. I'm not sure why. I feel nothing. Nothing I can name, anyway. It's like breathing - something that happens over which I have no control. (6) Mary E. Pearson

My chief, let Fate cry on or back, 'Tis ours to follow, nothing slack: Whate'er betide, he only cures The stroke of Fortune who endures. John Conington

This shall he think on in hell, and cry on his fellow to help him, and shall find that therein is no help because there is no fellowship, but every man for himself. William Morris

Must stop. This ink is amazing, it really doesn't smear, even when you cry on it. Elizabeth Wein

You know the green grifters have no argument when they start raising the 'no blood for oil' cry on the blogs. Excuse me, if Obama's make-sure-your-tires-are-properly-inflated administration would simply allow more energy production here in the U.S., that wouldn't be a problem very long, would it? Howie Carr

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