Definition of Utter

Ut´ter
a.1.
1.Outer.
2.Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
3.Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
4.Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
Utter bar
(Law) the whole body of junior barristers.
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.
- Cowell.
v. t.1.
[imp. & p. p. Uttered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.]
1.To put forth or out; to reach out.
How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud,
And utter his tender head.
- Spenser.
2.To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
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.
4.To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.


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