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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UT'TER, a.
1. Situated on the outside or remote from the center.
2. Placed or being beyond any compass; out of any place; as the utter deep.
3. Extreme; excessive; utmost; as utter darkness.
4. Complete; total; final; as utter ruin.
5. Peremptory; absolute; as an utter refusal or denial.
6. Perfect; mere; quite; as utter strangers.
UT'TER, v.t.
1. To speak; to pronounce; to express; as, to utter words; to utter sounds.
2. To disclose; to discover; to divulge; to publish. He never utters a syllable of what I suppose to be intended as a secret.
3. To sell; to vend; as, to utter wares. [This is obsolete, unless in the law style.]
4. To put or send into circulation; to put off, as currency, or cause to pass in commerce; as, to utter coin or notes. A man utters a false note, who gives it in payment, knowing it to be false.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated]
2: complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" [syn: dead, utter] v
1: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to]
2: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" [syn: utter, emit, let out, let loose]
3: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
4: put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, remote, from Old English ?tera outer, comparative adjective from ?t out, adverb — more at out Date: 15th century carried to the utmost point or highest degree ; absolute, total <utter darkness> <utter strangers> • utterly adverb II. verb Etymology: Middle English uttren, from utter outside, adverb, from Old English ?tor, comparative of ?t out Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. obsolete to offer for sale 2. a. to send forth as a sound <utter a sigh> b. to give utterance to ; pronounce, speak <refused to utter his name> c. to give public expression to ; express in words <utter an opinion> 3. to put (as currency) into circulation; specifically to circulate (as a counterfeit note) as if legal or genuine <utter false tokens> 4. to put forth or out ; discharge intransitive verb to make a statement or sound Synonyms: see express • utterable adjective • utterer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. attrib.adj. complete, total, absolute (utter misery; saw the utter absurdity of it). Derivatives: utterly adv. utterness n. Etymology: OE utera, uttra, compar. adj. f. ut OUT: cf. OUTER 2. v.tr. 1 emit audibly (uttered a startled cry). 2 express in spoken or written words. 3 Law put (esp. forged money) into circulation. Derivatives: utterable adj. utterer n. Etymology: ME f. MDu. uteren make known, assim. to UTTER(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(utters, uttering, uttered) 1. If someone utters sounds or words, they say them. (LITERARY) He uttered a snorting laugh... They departed without uttering a word. VERB: V n, V n 2. You use utter to emphasize that something is great in extent, degree, or amount. This, of course, is utter nonsense. ...this utter lack of responsibility... A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face. = absolute, total ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Total, complete, entire, perfect. 2. Absolute, peremptory, unconditional, unqualified. II. v. a. 1. Speak, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, express, give forth, give expression to. 2. Put into circulation, put off, cause to pass in trade.

Moby Thesaurus

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