English Dictionary: utterance | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. --Holland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. At length gave utterance to these words. --Milton. 2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. --Acts ii. 4. O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! --Keats. |