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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.]
The last extremity; the end death; outrance. [Obs.]
Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our
men to skirmish one against another to the utterance.
--Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n.
1. The act of uttering. Specifically:
a Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon.
b Putting in circulation; as the utterance of false
coin, or of forged notes.
c Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
At length gave utterance to these words
--Milton.
2. Power or style of speaking; as a good utterance.
They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the
Spirit gave them utterance. --Acts ii 4.
O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early
gods! --Keats.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
utterance
n : sounds uttered for auditory communication
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