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Definition
adj (English)
1. (rare) Of a substance: pure, unmixed.Examples: "Two cups of utter silver wrought and rough with imagery / I give you, which my father took from wracked Arisbe's hold; […]"Synonyms: unalloyedrare
2. (originally Scotland) Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.Examples: "There could not then be any other eſtimate made of the loſs VValler ſuſtain'd, than by the not purſuing the viſible advantage he had, and by the utter refuſal of the Auxiliary Regiments of London and Kent, to march farther; […]"
3. (obsolete)Examples: "at the utter extremities of"; "Wo be to you ſcrybꝭ [scrybis]⸝ ãd phariſes ypocritꝭ [ypocritis]⸝ for ye make clene the vtter ſide off the cuppe⸝ and off the platter: but with in they are full of brybery and exceſſe."; "And vvhile you in Time of divine Sacrifice, do faithfully and humbly, both in Heart and utter Geſture, agnize, reverence, and adore the ſame Fleſh in Subſtance, altho' unviſibly in the Sacrament, […] you thus doing, blaſpheme ſo great Myſtery, repute the Fleſh vvhereby I vvas redeemed, and the Blood of Chriſt vvhereby I vvas to be ſanctified, as a Thing common and pollute; […]"Antonyms: innerobsoletepoetic
4. (obsolete)Examples: "And although it [Persia] has ſince then been ruined and reigned ouer by Princes of many Nations, yet they haue neuer altered the Dialect from its vtter ſence, at this day being cald Pharſee: […]"obsoleterare
5. (obsolete)Examples: "Our vtter houre is come alas, fell deſtinies death hath brought."obsoleterare
noun (English)
1. (rare) The thing which is most utter (adjective sense) or extreme.Examples: "I take my leave, readie to countervaile all your courtesies to the utter of my power."rareuncountable
verb (English)
1. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "Don’t you utter another word!"; "I utter my langage or my voyce Ie profere, prime cõiuga. After your audyence utter your langage: Selon voſtre audiẽce profere; voſtre langaige."; "VViſdome cryeth vvithout: ſhe vttereth her voyce in the ſtretes."Synonyms: let out, say, speak, articulate, babble, blab, chat, chattertransitive
2. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "Theeſe woords, vplifting both his hands, he to Iuppiter vttred."; "VVhom ſhe all careleſſe of his griefe conſtrayned / to vtter forth th' anguiſh of his hart: […]"; "A clap thy ſelfe my Loue; then didſt thou vtter, / I am yours for euer."Synonyms: declare, say, telltransitive
3. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "[N]ovv and then nature is a fault, and this good gueſt of ours takes ſoyle in an unperfect body, and ſo is ſlackned from ſhevving her vvonders, like an excellent Muſician vvhich cannot utter himſelf upon a defective inſtrument."; "[A]t present several of our men of the town, and particularly those who have been polished in France, make use of the most coarse uncivilized words in our language, and utter themselves often in such a manner as a clown would blush to hear."; "I had tried to write a poetical epitaph, but in vain: my feelings refused to utter themselves in rhyme."reflexivetransitive
4. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "Sally’s car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes."Synonyms: let outfigurativelytransitive
5. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "He that vttereth my counſayle ones I wyll neuer truſte hym whyle I lyue: […]"; "Silanus the Sooth-ſayer, vvho had vttered Xenophons purpoſe, vvas hereby ſtaied from out-running his fellovves, and driuen to abide vvith his vvealth among poore men, longer than ſtood vvith his good liking."; "[W]ith vvhat gravity and Majeſty of ſpeech his Tongue and Pen uttered Heavenly Myſteries; […]"obsoletetransitive
6. Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing somethingExamples: "[W]hẽ the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him⸝ they fell doune before him⸝ and cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God: And he ſtreyghtly charged thẽ that they ſhulde not vtter him."; "And Joſeph coude no longer refrayne before all them that ſtode about him⸝ but commaunded that they ſhuld goo all out from him⸝ and that there ſhuld be no man with him, whyle he vttred him ſelfe [i.e., disclosed his true identity] vnto his brethern."; "[T]he holy euangelyſt ſaynt John, whome Chriſte ſo tenderly loued, […] and to hym ſecretely he vttred the falſe diſſimuled traytor [Judas Iscariot], […] declareth here what a maner of faithful louer our holy ſauyour was, of whome hym ſelfe was ſo beloued."alsoobsoletereflexivetransitive
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