"utter" Definition

Definitions for the word "utter" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Outer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
To put forth or out; to reach out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. attrib.
Adj. Complete, absolute. utterly adv. [old english, comparative of *out]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. v.
1 emit audibly. 2 express in words. 3 law put (esp. Forged money) into circulation. [dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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