voc-, voca-, vocab-, vocat-, -vocation, -vocative, -vocable, vok-, -voke +

1. To promise, to give, or to allow something.
2. To grant or to give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: "She tried to vouchsafe a reply to a question."
2. To allow or to permit, as by favor or graciousness.

1. A speech sound made with the vocal tract open.
2. A speech sound produced by the passage of air through the vocal tract, with relatively little obstruction.
3. A letter of the alphabet that represents a spoken vowel.

In English, the vowels are "a", "e", "i", "o", "u", and sometimes "y".

1. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
2. Etymology: from Latin; literally, "voice".

The spoken word perishes, but the written word remains.

A voice crying in the wilderness.

Motto of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness.

Familiar words from the New Testament in the Bible.

A clandestine, or hidden, voice; a whisper.

A voice and nothing more.

Empty words; a threat but nothing more.

A musical organ stop with a tone supposedly resembling the human voice.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

This doesn't mean that the voice of the people is wise or from God, but only that the voice of the people is irresistible and can't be ignored.

The voice of the people.

Public opinion.