utter

Definitions

1. adjective

   To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.

   Examples

   • utter bliss    utter darkness    utter ruin
   • Oh VVarvvicke, VVarvvicke, I foreſee vvith greefe / The vtter loſſe of all the Realme of France.
   ≈utmost≈uttermost≈crass≈abject≈frightful +41 more
2. adjective

   Of a substance: pure, unmixed.

   Example

   • Two cups of utter silver wrought and rough with imagery / I give you, which my father took from wracked Arisbe's hold; […]
   ≈unalloyed≈unprocessed≈raw≈coarse≈crude +10 more
3. adjective

   Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.

   Example

   • 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; […]
4. adjective

   Further out than another thing; being the exterior or outer part of something; outer, outward; also, extremely remote.

   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.
   ≠inner
5. adjective

   Preceding all others; original.

   Example

   • 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: […]
6. adjective

   Succeeding all others; final, last, ultimate.

   Example

   • Our vtter houre is come alas, fell deſtinies death hath brought.
7. noun

   The thing which is most utter (adjective sense) or extreme.

   Example

   • I take my leave, readie to countervaile all your courtesies to the utter of my power.
8. verb

   Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.

   Examples

   • 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.
   ≈let out≈say≈speak≈articulate≈babble +15 more
9. verb

   To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).

   Examples

   • 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: […]
   ≈declare≈say≈tell
10. verb

    To express (oneself) in speech or writing.

    Examples

    • [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.