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ut⋅ter
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[uht-er] 
ər
–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. |
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| ut·ter 1 (ŭt'ər) tr.v. ut·tered, ut·ter·ing, ut·ters
[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. |
| ut·ter 2 (ŭt'ər) adj. Complete; absolute; entire: utter nonsense; utter darkness. [Middle English, from Old English ūtera, outer; see ud- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Utter
Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See Out, and cf. Outer, Utmost.]1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." --Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." --Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. --Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.] Through utter and through middle darkness borne. --Milton. The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich. --Holinshed. 3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. --Atterbury. 4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. --Clarendon. Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.] Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] --Cowell.Utter
Ut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. [=u]tian to put out, eject, fr. [=u]t out. [root]198. See Out, and cf. Utter, a.]1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.] How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. --Spenser. 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. --Shak. They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. --Abp. Abbot. 3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. --Swift. 4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy." --Milton. The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. --Shak. And the last words he uttered called me cruel. --Addison. Syn: To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See Deliver.
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Language Translation for : utter
Spanish:
absoluto, total,
German:
äußerst,
Japanese:
全くの
utter (adj.)
"complete, total," O.E. utera, uterra, "outer," comparative adj. formed from ut (see out), from P.Gmc. *utizon (cf. O.N. utar, O.Fris. uttra, M.Du. utere, Du. uiter-, O.H.G. uzar, Ger. äußer "outer"), a comparative adj. from the base of out. Uttermost, attested from c.1300, is more recent than utmost; M.E. also had uttermore (1382), now, alas, no loger with us. Utterly (c.1225) originally meant "sincerely, outspokenly" (cf. utter (v.)).
utter (v.)
"speak, say," c.1400, in part from M.L.G. utern "to turn out, show, speak," from uter "outer," comparative adj. formed from ut "out;" in part from M.E. verb outen "to disclose," from O.E. utan "to put out," from ut (see out). Cf. Ger. äussern "to utter, express," from aus "out;" and colloquial phrase out with it "speak up!" Formerly also used as a commercial verb (as release is now). Utterance "that which is uttered" is attested from c.1454.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ut·ter
Function: transitive verb
: to put (as a counterfeit note) into circulation as if genuine
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