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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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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.]
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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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