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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Utter \Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." --Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." --Chapman. [1913 Webster] As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Through utter and through middle darkness borne. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] 3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. [1913 Webster] They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy." --Milton. [1913 Webster] The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And the last words he uttered called me cruel. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See {Deliver}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: utter 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(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}] 2: complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" [syn: {dead(a)}, {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"