utter \ut"ter\, v. t. imp.  p. p. uttered; p. pr.  vb. n.
   uttering. oe. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out,
   as. =utian to put out, eject, fr. =ut out. root198. see
   out, and cf. utter, a.
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   1. to put forth or out; to reach out. obs.
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            how bragly proudly it begins to bud,
            and utter his tender head.            --spenser.
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   2. to dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. obs.
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            such mortal drugs i have, but mantua's law
            is death to any he that utters them.  --shak.
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            they bring it home, and utter it commonly by the
            name of newfoundland fish.            --abp. abbot.
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   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.
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            the whole kingdom should continue in a firm
            resolution never to receive or utter this fatal
            coin.                                 --swift.
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   4. to give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to
      speak; to pronounce. "sweet as from blest, uttering joy."
      --milton.
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            the words i utter
            let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em
            truth.                                --shak.
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            and the last words he uttered called me cruel.
                                                  --addison.
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   syn: to deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge;
        pronounce. see deliver.
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see also:
uttered uttering out utter deliver 

utter \ut"ter\, a. oe. utter, originally the same word as
   outer. see out, and cf. outer, utmost.
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   1. outer. "thine utter eyen." --chaucer. obs. "by him a
      shirt and utter mantle laid." --chapman.
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            as doth an hidden moth
            the inner garment fret, not th' utter touch.
                                                  --spenser.
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   2. situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the
      center; outer. obs.
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            through utter and through middle darkness borne.
                                                  --milton.
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            the very utter part pf saint adelmes point is five
            miles from sandwich.                  --holinshed.
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   3. complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter
      ruin; utter darkness.
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            they . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious
            thoughts which disquiet mankind.      --atterbury.
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   4. peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an
      utter refusal or denial. --clarendon.
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   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.
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out outer utmost utter bar outer bar utter barrister 

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" syn: arranta, completea,
             consummatea, double-dyeda, everlastinga,
            grossa, perfecta, purea, soddinga, starka,
             staringa, thoroughgoinga, uttera
     2: total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness" syn: deada,
        uttera
     v 1: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;
          "she expressed her anger"; "he uttered a curse" syn: express,
           verbalize, verbalise, 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: emit, let out, let
        loose
     3: express in speech; "she talks a lot of nonsense"; "this
        depressed patient does not verbalize" syn: talk, speak,
         mouth, verbalize, verbalise
     4: put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"
see also:
arranta completea consummatea double-dyeda everlastinga grossa 
perfecta purea soddinga starka staringa 
thoroughgoinga uttera deada express verbalize 
verbalise give tongue to emit let out let loose 
talk speak mouth 

206 moby thesaurus words for "utter":
   absolute, admitting no exception, air, all-embracing,
   all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, arrant, articulate,
   bestrew, born, break it to, break the news, breathe, broad-based,
   broadcast, categorical, chime, chorus, circulate, circumfuse,
   classical, clean, clear, coin, come out with, communicate,
   complete, comprehensive, conclusive, confide, confide to,
   congenital, consummate, convey, counterfeit, crass, deal out,
   decided, decisive, deep-dyed, definite, definitive, deliver,
   demonetize, determinate, devaluate, devalue, diffract, diffuse,
   disclose, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, distribute,
   diverge, divulgate, divulge, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
   egregious, emit, entire, enunciate, evulgate, exhaustive, explicit,
   express, fan out, final, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out,
   fling off, forge, formulate, full, give, give expression, give out,
   give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give vent to,
   give voice, glaring, global, gross, impart, implicit, inappealable,
   indisputable, intact, integral, intensive, intolerable, issue,
   let get around, let in on, let out, lip, make known, mint, omnibus,
   omnipresent, out with, out-and-out, outright, overscatter, oversow,
   overspread, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, phonate, phrase, plain,
   plumb, positive, pour forth, precious, present, profound,
   pronounce, pronounced, propagate, proper, publish, pure, put forth,
   put in words, radiate, radical, raise, rank, regular, reissue,
   remonetize, retail, revalue, reveal, round, say, scatter,
   set forth, shattering, sheer, shocking, shove the queer, sound,
   sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, stark,
   stark-staring, straight, straight-out, strew, superlative,
   surpassing, sweeping, tell, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
   through-and-through, throw off, total, ubiquitous, unbearable,
   uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable,
   undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating,
   universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
   unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled,
   unwaivable, vent, ventilate, verbalize, veritable, vocalize, voice,
   whisper, whole, wholesale, without exception, without reserve,
   word