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utterance |
3 definitions found 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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