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ut⋅ter

1   [uht-er]
–verb (used with object)
1. to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
2. to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh.
3. Phonetics. to produce (speech sounds, speechlike sounds, syllables, words, etc.) audibly, with or without reference to formal language.
4. to express (oneself or itself), esp. in words.
5. to give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice: The engine uttered a shriek.
6. to express by written or printed words.
7. to make publicly known; publish: to utter a libel.
8. to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and esp. counterfeit money or forged checks.
9. to expel; emit.
10. Obsolete. to publish, as a book.
11. Obsolete. to sell.
–verb (used without object)
12. to employ the faculty of speech; use the voice to talk, make sounds, etc.: His piety prevented him from uttering on religion.
13. to sustain utterance; undergo speaking: Those ideas are so dishonest they will not utter.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME outren (see out, -er 6 ); c. G äussern to declare
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ut·ter 1     (ŭt'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ut·tered, ut·ter·ing, ut·ters
  1. To send forth with the voice: uttered a cry.
  2. To articulate (words); pronounce or speak. See Synonyms at vent1.
  3. Law To put (counterfeit money, for example) into circulation.
  4. To publish (a book, for example).
  5. Obsolete To sell or deliver (merchandise) in trading.


[Middle English utteren, partly from Middle Low German uteren (from uter, outer, comparative of ūt, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots) and alteration (influenced by utter, outer) of Middle English outen, to disclose (from out, out; see out).]

ut'ter·a·ble adj., ut'ter·er n.
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utterer

noun
1. an organism that can utter vocal sounds; "an utterer of foul oaths"; "is the giraffe a vocalizer?" 
2. someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins 
3. someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker] 

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Utterer

Ut"ter*er\, n. One who utters. --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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