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 of 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Uttered p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering. ] [ OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. ūtian to put out, eject, fr. ūt out. √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 ]

a. Capable of being uttered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Sale by offering to the public. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length gave utterance to these words. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how unlike
To that large utterance of the early gods! Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. outrance. See Outrance. ] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who utters. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. superl. of Utter. Uttermost. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being uttered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Uttermost. ] Further; outer; utter. [ Obs. & R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]