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verb (used with object)
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to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
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to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh.
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to express (oneself or itself), especially in words.
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EXPANDto give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice: The engine uttered a shriek.
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to express by written or printed words.
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to make publicly known; publish: to utter a libel.
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to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and especially counterfeit money or forged checks.
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to expel; emit.
10.
Obsolete. to publish, as a book.
11.
COLLAPSEObsolete. 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.
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Utterable
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Word Origin & History
utter
"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
EXPAND"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.
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