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   uttered
         adj 1: communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments"
                  [syn: {expressed}, {uttered}, {verbalized}, {verbalised}]

English Dictionary: uttered by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uddered \Ud"dered\, a.
      Having an udder or udders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Utter \Ut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uttered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Uttering}.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out,
      AS. [umac]tian to put out, eject, fr. [umac]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. [bd]Sweet as from blest, uttering
            joy.[b8] --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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