KJV Dictionary Definition: utter

utter

UT'TER, a.

1. Situated on the outside or remote from the center.

2. Placed or being beyond any compass; out of any place; as the utter deep.

3. Extreme; excessive; utmost; as utter darkness.

4. Complete; total; final; as utter ruin.

5. Peremptory; absolute; as an utter refusal or denial.

6. Perfect; mere; quite; as utter strangers.

UT'TER, v.t.

1. To speak; to pronounce; to express; as, to utter words; to utter sounds.

2. To disclose; to discover; to divulge; to publish. He never utters a syllable of what I suppose to be intended as a secret.

3. To sell; to vend; as, to utter wares. This is obsolete, unless in the law style.

4. To put or send into circulation; to put off, as currency, or cause to pass in commerce; as, to utter coin or notes. A man utters a false note, who gives it in payment, knowing it to be false.

utterable

UT'TERABLE, a. That may be uttered, pronounced or expressed.

utterance

UT'TERANCE, n.

1. The act of uttering words; pronunciation; manner of speaking; as a good or bad utterance.

They began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2.

2. Emission from the mouth; vocal expression; as the utterance of sounds.

3. Extremity; furthest part. Not in use.

uttered

UT'TERED, pp. Spoken; pronounced; disclosed; published; put into circulation.

utterer

UT'TERER, n.

1. One who utters; one who pronounces.

2. One who divulges or discloses.

3. One who puts into circulation.

4. A seller; a vender.

uttering

UT'TERING, ppr. Pronouncing; disclosing; putting into circulation; selling.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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