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English Dictionary: utter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
utter adj 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" Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" Synonym(s): dead(a), utter v articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" Synonym(s): express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" Synonym(s): utter, emit, let out, let loose express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" Synonym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Utter \Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.] 1. Outer. [bd]Thine utter eyen.[b8] --Chaucer. [Obs.] [bd]By him a shirt and utter mantle laid.[b8] --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.