utter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌtə/
ipa: [ˈɐtə]
ipa: /ˈʌtəɹ/
ipa: [ˈʌɾəɹ]
homophone: udder (flapping)
homophone: other (th-stopping + flapping)
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: utters
form: uttering
form: uttered
form: uttered
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: utter
form: utter
form: uttered
form: utter
form: utterest
form: uttered
form: utteredst
form: utters
form: uttereth
form: uttered
form: utter
form: uttered
form: utter
form: uttered
form: utter
form: -
form: uttering
form: uttered
Etymology: PIE word
 *úd
From Middle English outren, utteren (“to display for sale; to market; to sell; to say, speak; to put into words, express, tell; to make known, reveal”), partly:
* from outre, utter (adjective, adverb) (see etymology 1 and etymology 3) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs); and
* from Middle Dutch uteren (“to announce, make known; to demonstrate, show; to speak; to drive away”) (modern Dutch uiteren); or from Middle Low German üteren, ütern (“to demonstrate, show; to speak; to sell; etc.”) (modern Low German ütern; compare Middle High German ūzeren, whence German äußern (“to express, say, utter”)), probably from Proto-West Germanic *ūtanā (“from outside or without; outside of”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (“from outside or without; outside of”), from *ūt (“out; outward”) (from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out, outward; upwards”)) + *-anē (suffix forming adverbs with ablative direction).
Senses: examples: text: Don’t you utter another word!
text: I utter my langage or my voyce Ie profere, prime cõiuga. After your audyence utter your langage: Selon voſtre audiẽce profere; voſtre langaige.
ref: 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio ccclxxxxix, verso, column 2; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:
text: VViſdome cryeth vvithout: ſhe vttereth her voyce in the ſtretes.
ref: 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Prouerbes I:20, folio 267, verso:
text: [T]here my fathers graue / Did vtter forth a voice.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 71, column 1:
text: O Maſter: if you did but heare the Pedler at the doore, […] hee ſinges ſeuerall Tunes, faſter then you'l tell money: hee vtters them as he had eaten ballads, and all mens eares grevv to his Tunes.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 292, column 2:
text: In reason's ear, they [stars] all rejoice, / And utter forth a glorious voice, / For ever singing, as they shine, / The hand that made us is divine.
ref: 1712 September 3 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SATURDAY, August 23, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 466; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 295:
text: [H]e made no other reply, for ſome time, than lifting up his eyes, claſping his hands, and uttering a hollovv groan.
ref: 1748, [Tobias Smollett], “I Long to be Revenged on Melinda […]”, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume II, London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC, page 156:
text: Never to living ear came sweeter sounds / Than when I heard thee by our own fire-side / First uttering without words a natural tune, / When thou, a feeding babe, didst in thy joy / Sing at thy Mother's breast.
ref: 1800, W[illiam] Wordsworth, “Michael, a Pastoral”, in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Co., […], published 1800, →OCLC, page 218:
text: Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man can only utter consonants.
ref: 1833 August 20, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Humour and Genius—Great Poets Good Men—Diction of the Old and New Testament Version—Hebrew—Vowels and Consonants”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, page 246:
text: […] Laurie slyly pulled the parrot's tail, which caused Polly to utter an astonished croak, […]
ref: 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Little Faithful”, in Little Women: […], 1st part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, page 263:
text: I have not heard thy voice but in the cry / Thou utteredst then, when thou believedst me gone / The marvel of thine hands, the maid of stone.
ref: 1868, William Morris, “August: Pygmalion and the Image”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, parts [I and II], London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 608:
text: What knowest thou of birds, lark, mavis, merle, / Linnet? what dream ye when they utter forth / May-music growing with the growing light, / Their sweet sun-worship?
ref: 1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Gareth and Lynette”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; V), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 79:
text: Mark, a cheeping chorister of our schooldays, has retained, despite the blottery tenor that has displaced his treble, a habit of uttering with the suddenness of a ship’s siren, the less interesting of [Franz] Schubert's ditties.
ref: 1928, Robert Byron, “Visiting”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 86:
text: I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
ref: 1997, Don DeLillo, “January 11, 1955”, in Underworld […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 543:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
synonyms: word: let out
word: say
word: speak
word: articulate
word: babble
word: blab
word: chat
word: chatter
word: converse
word: discuss
word: jabber
word: open one's mouth
word: quethe
word: say
word: speak
word: talk
word: verbalize
word: yak
word: yap
word: yammer
examples: text: Theeſe woords, vplifting both his hands, he to Iuppiter vttred.
ref: 1582, Virgil, “The Fourth Booke of Virgil His Aeneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC; republished as The First Four Books of the Æneid of Virgil, […], Edinburgh: [Edinburgh Printing Company], 1836, →OCLC, page 98:
text: VVhom ſhe all careleſſe of his griefe conſtrayned / to vtter forth th' anguiſh of his hart: […]
ref: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XLVIII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature D, verso:
text: A clap thy ſelfe my Loue; then didſt thou vtter, / I am yours for euer.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 278, column 2:
text: For thy mouth vttereth thine iniquitie, and thou chooſeſt the tongue of the craftie.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 15:5, column 1:
text: And vve read alſo of the like ceremony of Conſecration of Temples amongſt the Heathen, as that the Prieſt laid his Hands on ſome poſt of the Temple, all the vvhile he vvas uttering the vvords of Conſecration.
ref: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Power Ecclesiasticall”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, 3rd part (Of a Christian Common-wealth), page 296:
text: The multitude of Angels vvith a ſhout / Loud as from numbers vvithout number, ſvveet / As from bleſt voices, uttering joy, […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature [I4], verso, lines 345–347:
text: I had not been long at the university, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
ref: 1711 March 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, March 1, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 1; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, pages 82–83:
text: [T]he last time I saw him, we were plotting to show the town his great capacity for acting in his full light, by introducing him as dictating to a set of young players, in what manner to speak this sentence, and utter t'other passion.
ref: 1712 September 7 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “WEDNESDAY, August 27, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 468; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 307:
text: For tho’ a few odd Fellows vvill utter their ovvn Sentiments in all Places, yet much the greater Part of Mankind have enough of the Courtier to accommodate their Converſation to the Taſte and Inclination of their Superiors.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “The Trial of Partridge, the Schoolmaster, for Incontinency; The Evidence of his Wife; A Short Reflection on the Wisdom of Our Law; with Other Grave Matters, which Those will like Best who Understand Them Most”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book II, page 118:
text: His terrified imagination utter'd horrors not to be repeated, or ever forgot.
ref: 1755, [Edward Young], “Letter III. On Pleasure.”, in The Centaur Not Fabulous. […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […]; [a]nd R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 161:
text: Thy indistinct expressions seem / Like language utter'd in a dream: / Yet me thy charm, whate'er the theme, / My Mary!
ref: 1793, William Cowper, “[Miscellaneous Poems.] To Mary (Mrs Unwin)”, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper. […], volume II, Edinburgh: James Nichol, […]; London: James Nisbet and Co. […], published 1854, →OCLC, page 184, line stanza 6:
text: […] I am equally resolved to stand the hazard of my fate—on one condition only he will turn aside from his purpose, and that condition my lips shall never utter to you.
ref: 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume I (The Black Dwarf), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 282:
text: Each had been full of thoughts which neither of them could begin to utter.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LXXXIII, in Middlemarch […], volume IV, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VIII, page 323:
text: Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen.
ref: 1881, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Tom Receives Instructions”, in The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages, Montreal, Que.: Dawson Brothers, →OCLC:
text: "Your master," he declared, "has uttered a damnable lie about a dead friend of mine."
ref: 1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 14, in Max Gissen, editor, Memento Mori, Time Reading Program special edition, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., published 1964, →OCLC, page 213:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
synonyms: declare
say
tell
examples: text: [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.
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Essay on Death, […]”, in The Remaines of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam […], London: […] B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, […], published 1648, →OCLC, page 9:
text: [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.
ref: 1711 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, July 17, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 119; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 136:
text: I had tried to write a poetical epitaph, but in vain: my feelings refused to utter themselves in rhyme.
ref: 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Grave Reflections of a Disappointed Man”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 2 (Buckthorne and His Friends), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 169:
text: Straying with Hilda through those long vistas of ideal beauty, he meant, at last, to utter himself upon that theme which lovers are fain to discuss in village-lanes, in wood-paths, on seaside sands, in crowded streets; […]
ref: 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Extinction of a Lamp”, in The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volume II, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 203:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
examples: text: Sally’s car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
synonyms: let out
examples: text: He that vttereth my counſayle ones I wyll neuer truſte hym whyle I lyue: […]
ref: 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio ccclxxxix, verso, column 2; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:
text: Silanus the Sooth-ſayer, vvho had vttered Xenophons purpoſe, vvas hereby ſtaied from out-running his fellovves, and driuen to abide vvith his vvealth among poore men, longer than ſtood vvith his good liking.
ref: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], “Of the Expedition of Cyrus the Yonger”, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, §. XIII (Of Dissention which Arose in the Armie; and How It was Embarked), page 125:
text: [W]ith vvhat gravity and Majeſty of ſpeech his Tongue and Pen uttered Heavenly Myſteries; […]
ref: 1670, Izaak Walton, quoting John Spenser, “The Life of Mr. Rich[ard] Hooker, the Author of Those Learned Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. […], volume III, London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb for Rich[ard] Marriott, […], →OCLC, page 88:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To disclose or reveal (something secret or unknown); to bring to light.
examples: text: [W]hẽ the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him⸝ they fell doune before him⸝ and cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God: And he ſtreyghtly charged thẽ that they ſhulde not vtter him.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark iij:[12], folio xlvij, recto:
english: [W]hen the unclean spirits saw him [Jesus], they fell down before him, and cried saying: thou art the son of God: And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him.
translation: [W]hen the unclean spirits saw him [Jesus], they fell down before him, and cried saying: thou art the son of God: And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him.
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text: And Joſeph coude no longer refrayne before all them that ſtode about him⸝ but commaunded that they ſhuld goo all out from him⸝ and that there ſhuld be no man with him, whyle he vttred him ſelfe [i.e., disclosed his true identity] vnto his brethern.
ref: 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Genesis xlv:[1], folio lxvij, recto:
text: [T]he holy euangelyſt ſaynt John, whome Chriſte ſo tenderly loued, […] and to hym ſecretely he vttred the falſe diſſimuled traytor [Judas Iscariot], […] declareth here what a maner of faithful louer our holy ſauyour was, of whome hym ſelfe was ſo beloued.
ref: 1534 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatice vpon the Passion of Chryste (Vnfinished) […]. The Cõtext of Maister [Jean] Gerson whereof Fyrst the Rubrice [The Fyft Lecture].”, in Marye Basset [i.e., Mary Basset], transl., edited by Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, page 1305, column 2:
text: This lokyng about of Jeſus, was a geſture of hym that courteouſly requyred a confeſſion of the benefite receiued. He woulde not vtter her by name, leſte he ſhoulde haue ſemed to haue hit her in the teethe, wyth the good turne he dyd her. The woman, of a womanlye ſhamefaſteneſſe, and not of any vnthankfullneſſe, helde her peace.
ref: 1549 February 10 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1548), Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Gospell of Sainct Marke. The .v. Chapter.”, in Thomas Key [i.e., Thomas Caius], transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folios xxxix, recto – xxxix, verso:
text: […] God […] hath voutſafed to vtter himſelfe vnto vs in his Scriptures: […]
ref: 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That in the Onely One Essence or Substance of God there are Three Persons which We Call the Trinitie”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To disclose or reveal the identity or nature of (oneself or someone, or something).
examples: text: [H]e [Jesus] ſhewed and vſed hymſelfe the moſte loweſt and meaneſte of al creatures, yet dyd he hyde within hym a ſecrete power of the nature of the godhed, which thã [than (i.e., then)] ⁊ neuer afore vttred it ſelfe, whan the grayne of his bodye was bruiſed on the croſſe: ⁊ was in deathe (as it were) burried within the grounde.
ref: 1549 February 10 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1548), Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Ghospell of S. Luke. The .xvii. Chapter.”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., The First Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folio cxli, recto:
text: […] Iuno, the Princeſſe, / Theare the pate, in digging, of an horſe intractabil vttred.
ref: 1582, Virgil, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Aeneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC; republished as The First Four Books of the Æneid of Virgil, […], Edinburgh: [Edinburgh Printing Company], 1836, →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To display or show (itself or something).
examples: text: The Souereyne and vnutterable God, is the Originall of all things; next vnto vvhom is his Prouidence as a ſecond God, vvho giueth the lavv aſvvell for the temporall as for the eternall life. And furthermore, there is a third ſubſtance as a ſecond Vnderſtanding, vvhich is the keeper of the ſayd eternall Lavve. The higheſt God commaundeth, the ſecond ordereth, and the third vttereth or publiſheth.
ref: 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That the Philosophie of Old Tyme Consenteth to this Doctrine of the Trinitie”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 94:
text: Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conſcience, above all liberties.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 35:
text: "Don’t worry about me," he uttered with minimum lip movement.
ref: 1995, Rohinton Mistry, “The Bright Future Clouded”, in A Fine Balance, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 528:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
To speak.
examples: text: [Y]ea many gods, / Had voices more than all the winds, with power / To exhilarate the spirit, and to soothe, / Through every clime, the heart of human kind. / While this was uttering, strange as it may seem, / I wondered not, although I plainly saw / The one to be a stone, the other a shell; […]
ref: 1799–1805 (date written), William Wordsworth, “Book V. Books.”, in The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; an Autobiographical Poem, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 111:
glosses: Senses relating to expressing sounds, etc., or disclosing something
Of words, etc.: to be spoken.
examples: text: [Y]ᵉ same [the book] was well vtteryd by yᵉ printar, & well lyked of in yᵉ comon weale, […]
ref: a. 1606 (date written), John Stow, “Introduction [Appendix to Introduction: How Stow Began to Write History, and Quarrelled with Richard Grafton]”, in A Survey of London: Reprinted from the Text of 1603 […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1908, →OCLC, section II (Documents Illustrating Stow’s Life), page li:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To publish (something).
examples: text: […] Her Maiestie now vnderstandynge, that there are sithens that tyme certayne other forrayne peeces of golde, of the like quantitie and fashion (although of lesse value) lyke to an Englyshe Angell, brought hyther, and here vttered and payde for ten shyllynges of syluer, beyng for they lacke of wayght, and for the basenesse of the allay, not worth. vii. shillinges, to the great deceite and losse of the subiectes of this her Realme: […] her good subiects may eyther vtterly forbeare to receyue any such forrayne Angels, or els to take them accordyng to theyr waight as bullion, and to bryng them to her Maiesties Mynte, where they shall haue redy money in golde or syluer at theyr pleasure, accordyng to the iust value thereof.
ref: 1564 June 17 (Gregorian calendar), By the Quene [Elizabeth I]. Where as the Quenes Maiestie, by Her Proclamation Published in Nouember, the Thirde Yere of Her Maiesties Raigne, Touching the Valuation of Forrayne Coynes of Golde […], London: […] Rycharde Iugge and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Quenes Maiestie, published [1565], →OCLC:
text: […] Memory, which laying by, preſeruing and imprinting in it ſelfe al the Images and formes of viſible & intelligible things, could not vtter them in time conuenient and diſpoſe them to the tongue and penne, vnleſſe it had ſo ordered, and oftentimes recounted them, […]
ref: 1588, Torquato Tasso, translated by T[homas] K[yd], The Housholders Philosophie. Wherein is Perfectly and Profitably Described, the True Oeconomia and Forme of Housekeeping. […], London: […] J[ohn] C[harlewood] for Thomas Hacket, […], →OCLC, folio 21, verso:
text: [T]he variouſly denominated Attic Obolus, vvith the Head of Minerva and Noctua, of as vulgar Uſe as our Farthings, but hardly by half ſo large as the Tokens vvhich every Tavern and Tippling-Houſe (in the days of late Anarchy among us) preſum'd to ſtamp and utter for immediate Exchange, as they vvere paſſable through the Neighbourhood, […]
ref: 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Of the Use of Medals, whether for Money, or to Preserve the Memory of Worthy Actions; Their Antiquity, Materials, Size, Model, &c.”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], →OCLC, page 16:
text: [S]ince the Lavv does not oblige us to receive this Coyn, and conſequently the Patent leaves it to our Voluntary Choice, there is nothing remaining to preſerve us from Ruin but that the vvhole Kingdom ſhould continue in a firm determinate Reſolution never to Receive or Utter this FATAL Coyn: […]
ref: 1724 September 5 (Gregorian calendar), M. B. [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], Some Observations upon a Paper, Call’d The Report of the Committee of the Most Honourable the Privy-Council in England, Relating to Wood’s Half-pence. […], Dublin: […] John Harding […], →OCLC, page 28:
text: The Man vvho is vvantonly profuſe of his Promiſes ought to ſink his Credit as much as a Tradeſman vvould by uttering great Numbers of Promiſſory Notes, payable at a diſtant Day. The trueſt Concluſion in both Caſes is, that neither intend, or vvill be able to pay.
ref: 1743, Henry Fielding, “An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men”, in Miscellanies, […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 204:
text: COINING (Joint uttering.) If two persons jointly prepare counterfeit coin, and then utter it in different shops, apart from each other, but in concert and intending to share the proceeds, the utterings of each are the joint utterings of both, and they may be convicted jointly.—Reg. v. Hurse, 2 M. & Rob. 360.
ref: 1841 August–November, “Digest of Cases. Common Law.”, in The Law Magazine; or Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, volume XXVII, number LV, London: Saunders and Benning, law booksellers, (successors to J[oseph] Butterworth and Son,) […], →OCLC, page 415:
text: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any person or persons, except as now authorized by law, shall hereafter make, or cause to be made, or shall utter or pass, or attempt to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver, or other metals or alloys of metals, intended for the use and purpose of current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, every person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding three thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the court, according to the aggravation of the offense.
ref: 1864 June 8 (date approved), “[Laws of the United States. Acts of the Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States.] Chap[ter] CXIV. An Act to Punish and Prevent the Counterfeiting of Coin of the United States.”, in John C. Rives, editor, Appendix to the Congressional Globe: […] (38th Congress, 1st session), number 12 (New Series), Washington, D.C.: John C. Rives […], published 11 June 1864, →OCLC, page 176, columns 1–2:
text: A man named Edward Agar was convicted in October 1855 of uttering a forged cheque, and sentenced to be transported for life.
ref: 1875, George Hayter Chubb, “The Art of Burglary”, in Protection from Fire and Thieves […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 23:
text: A person shall not utter a postage stamp knowing it to be forged.
ref: 1914 September 12, Parliament of Australia, Crimes Act 1914 (No. 12, 1914; Compilation No. 159), volume 2, Canberra, A.C.T.: Office of Parliamentary Counsel, published 21 February 2025, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2025, part VIIA (Offences Relating to Postal Services), section 85G(2), page 162:
topics: law
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
synonyms: circulate
examples: text: Centaure, hovv our iudgements vvere impos'd on by theſe adulterate knights! / Cen[taure]. Nay, madame, Mavis vvas more deceiu'd then vve, 'tvvas her commendation vtter'd 'hem in the colledge.
ref: 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act IIII, scene vi, page 583:
text: [T]he great bards / Of Greece, of Rome, and mine own master land, / […] / Men who have forged gods—uttered—made them pass: […]
ref: 1839, [Philip James Bailey], “Scene—Another and a Better World”, in Festus: A Poem, London: William Pickering, →OCLC, page 145:
topics: law
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To put (currency or other valuable items) into circulation; specifically, to pass off (counterfeit currency, etc.) as legal tender; to use (a forged cheque) as if genuine.
To pass off (something fake) as a genuine item.
synonyms: circulate
examples: text: [T]he mixt earth, vvhich vtters VVhinns, Briars, and a vvorld of ſuch like vnnatural and baſtardly Iſſues.
ref: 1625, Gervase Markham, “The Nature of Grounds in Generall: But Particularly of the Barren and Sterile Earth”, in Markhams Farwell to Husbandry or, The Inriching of All Sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in Our Kingdome, […], revised edition, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Roger Iackson, […], →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To supply (something); to furnish, to provide.
examples: text: […] certayne Merchants […] obteyned licence ſafely to arriue here in Ireland with their wares, and to vtter the ſame.
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “The Historie of Irelande […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 19:
text: Such mortall drugs I haue, but Mantuas lavve / Is death to any he that vtters them.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature L, recto:
text: Beautie is bought by iudgement of the eye, / Not vttred by baſe ſale of chapmens tongues: […]
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature B4, recto, lines 15–16:
text: [D]oe not al Trades liue by their vvare, and yet cald honeſt Liuers? doe they not thriue beſt, vvhen they vtter moſte, and make it avvay by the great?
ref: 1604 (first performance), [Thomas Middleton], Michaelmas Terme. […], London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Edward Allde] for A[rthur] I[ohnson] […], published 1607, →OCLC, signature H, recto:
text: [A]t the Olimpian games […] ſome cam as Merchants to vtter their commodities, […]
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 71, recto:
text: VVhen theſe ſad tidings fill'd thoſe itching eares / Of Earths black babbling Daughter (ſhe that heares, / And vents alike, both Truth and Forgeries, / And vtters, often, cheaper then ſhe buyes) / She ſpred the pinnions of her nimble VVings, / Aduanc't her Trumpet, and avvay ſhe ſprings, […]
ref: 1624, Francis Quarles, “Sect[ion] 5”, in Iob Militant: With Meditations Divine and Morall, London: […] Felix Kyngston for George Winder, […], →OCLC, signature E3, recto:
text: And Pliny [the Elder] tells us that vvhen they [the Romans] gathered their Frankincenſe, none of it might be uttered till the Prieſt had the tithe of it ſet forth for him.
ref: 1649, I[oseph] H[all], “Case VII. Whether Tithes be a Lawfull Maintenance for Ministers under the Gospell, and Whether Men be Bound to Pay Them Accordingly.”, in Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall Cases of Conscience in Continuall Use amongst Men, […], London: […] M. F. [Miles Flesher?] for Nath[aniel] Butter […], and are to be sold by Humphrey Mosley, Abel Roper, and Iohn Sweeting, →OCLC, 3rd decade (Cases of Piety and Religion), page 296:
text: No infected Stuff [i.e., items made of cloth] to be uttered.
ref: 1722 March, H[enry] F[oe] [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], A Journal of the Plague Year: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] Nutt […]; J. Roberts […]; A. Dodd […]; and J. Graves […], →OCLC, page 51:
text: VVhether ſhe [Lyons] doth not receive and utter all thoſe Commodities, and raiſe a Profit from the Diſtribution thereof, as vvell s of her ovvn Manufactures, throughout the Kingdom of France?
ref: 1737, [George Berkeley], “Query 262”, in The Querist, Containing Several Queries, Proposed to the Consideration of the Public. […], part III, London: […] J. Roberts, […], →OCLC, page 32:
text: [H]e demanded to know where this famous falcon-merchant was to be met withal. "Why, between the barriers and the inner gate," replied Gillian, "where other men are admitted that have wares to utter—Where should he be?"
ref: 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume II (The Betrothed), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 138:
text: Nay, I know the devil has factors enough to utter his wares, […]
ref: 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 154:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To offer (something, such as goods) for barter or sale; also, to sell (something); to vend.
examples: text: [Y]ou are […] compelled, during the whole morning, to undergo that savage jargon of yells, brays, and screams, familiarly, but feebly, termed, "the Cries of London"— […] your utter incapability of ever arriving at the slightest smattering in any of the infernal dialects in which their goods are uttered, and which they have palpably invented for the sole purpose of guarding against the smallest risk of being, by any accident, understood;—and thus is a new Misery struck out for you, […]
ref: 1806, [James Beresford], “Dialogue the Fourth. Miseries of London.”, in The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans of Timothy Testy, and Samuel Sensitive. […], London: […] [F]or William Miller, […], by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 68–69:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To announce that (something) is available for sale; to cry.
examples: text: He had alſo ſet a prieſt of his and a ſeculer ſeruaunt of his beſyde to by [buy] many of the ſame ſuyte [of books], & double and treble of one ſorte, whiche were by thẽ [them] vttred to diuers yonge ſcholers ſuch as thei founde properly witted, feately lerned, and newfangly mynded.
ref: 1528, Thomas More, “A Dialogue Concernynge Heresyes & Matters of Religion […]. Chapter IIII.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book III, page 213, column 2:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To distribute or issue (something) from, or as if from, a stock of items.
examples: text: God proſper you, to the uttering all hollovv Harts of England.
ref: 1536 December 23 (date written; Gregorian calendar), John Strype, quoting Hugh Latimer, “A Visitation of the Religious Houses. […]”, in Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It: Shewing the Various Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry the Eighth. […], volume I, London: […] John Wyat, […], published 1721, →OCLC, page 260:
text: As fier being encloſed in a ſtraite place, wil by force vtter his flãme, […] ſo thys cãcard crocodrile, ⁊ ſubtile ſerpent, could not lõg lurke in malicious hartes, nor venemous ſtomackes, but in cõcluſion ſhe muſt (according to her nature) apere ⁊ ſhew her ſelf.
ref: a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “[The Troubleous Season of Kyng Henry the Sixt.] The .XXXVII. Yere.”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], published 1550, →OCLC, folio xc, verso:
english: As fire being enclosed in a strait place, will by force utter his flame, […] so this cankered crocodile, and subtle serpent, could not long lurk in malicious hearts, nor venemous stomachs, but in conclusion she must (according to her nature) appear and show herself.
translation: As fire being enclosed in a strait place, will by force utter his flame, […] so this cankered crocodile, and subtle serpent, could not long lurk in malicious hearts, nor venemous stomachs, but in conclusion she must (according to her nature) appear and show herself.
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text: Seeſt not thilke ſame Hawthorne ſtudde, / How bragly it beginnes to budde, / And vtter his tender head?
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Ægloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 8, verso:
text: And moſt deare Actors, eate no Onions, nor garlicke: for vve are to vtter ſvveete breath: and I do not doubt but to hear them ſay, it is a ſvveete Comedy.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], signature G2, verso:
text: [Ô] vvoman, vvoman, vveepe novv or neuer, thou haſt made more ſorrovves then vve haue eyes to vtter.
ref: c. 1607–1611 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], Iohn Fletcher, Cupids Revenge. […], London: […] Thomas Creede for Iosias Harison, […], published 1615, →OCLC, Act V, scene [iii], signature L3, recto:
text: [N]ovv the King forſakes / The Campe, he muſt maintaine luxurious mouthes, / Such as can vtter perfum'd breath, and theſe / Straite compoſe a faction, engroſſe his eares.
ref: c. 1626–1629 (date written), Wm. D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Tragedy of Albovine, King of the Lombards, London: […] [Felix Kyngston] for R. M[oore], […], published 1629, →OCLC, Act I, signature C2, recto:
text: He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco smoke instead of idle speeches; […]
ref: 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, pages 82–83:
text: Four little winged marble boys used to play their virgin fancies, spouting out ever fresh streams from their innocent-wanton lips, in the square of Lincoln’s-inn, when I was no bigger than they were figured. […] Are the stiff-wigged living figures [lawyers], that still flitter and chatter about that area, less gothic in appearance? or, is the splutter of their hot rhetoric one half so refreshing and innocent, as the little cool playful streams those exploded cherubs uttered?
ref: 1821 September, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages 193–194:
text: [F]lowers utter their beauty and their fragrance, as much as birds utter their songs.
ref: 1850, Leigh Hunt, “At Home in England”, in The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt; […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 205:
text: Within the room, a series of prints so typical as to merit description, told the great incidents of Greek History. There was […] a mythological matron, in a classical helmet, uttering a tear at a rustic cross bound in blue and white ribbons and inscribed ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΕΣΟΝΤΑΣ—To The Fallen—1912, a souvenir of the First Balkan War; […]
ref: 1928, Robert Byron, “To Methodius”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, pages 109–110:
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
qualifier: obsolete except UK
examples: text: This crockery is popular and utters well.
glosses: Senses relating to issuing something.
Of goods: to be purchased; to sell.
Synonyms: word: say
word: utter
word: vocalize
Hypernyms: word: communicate
word: make sound
Hyponyms: word: talk
word: speak
word: shout
word: bawl
word: bellow
word: belt
word: burble
word: burr
word: cackle
word: call
word: carol
word: chant
word: chatter
word: chitter
word: chuff
word: clamor
word: coo
word: croon
word: crow
word: cry
word: cry out
word: curmur
word: eep
word: exclaim
word: flute
word: gack
word: gnarl
word: groan
word: grouse
word: growl
word: grumble
word: grunt
word: gurgle
word: hiss
word: holler
word: hoot
word: howl
word: huff
word: hum
word: intonate
word: intone
word: keen
word: laugh
word: lilt
word: mewl
word: moan
word: mumble
word: murmur
word: mutter
word: outcry
word: peep
word: rasp
word: remark
word: roar
word: rout
word: rumble
word: scoff
word: scream
word: screech
word: shriek
word: shrill
word: sibilate
word: sigh
word: sing
word: snarl
word: snort
word: sough
word: sound
word: spit
word: squall
word: squawk
word: squeak
word: squeal
word: squee
word: susurrate
word: thrum
word: ululate
word: vociferate
word: voice
word: wail
word: warble
word: waul
word: whimper
word: whine
word: whoop
word: yawp
word: yell
word: yelp
word: yowl
word: bark
word: bay
word: bray
word: caterwaul
word: caw
word: cheep
word: chirr
word: chirrup
word: chirp
word: cluck
word: croak
word: cuckoo
word: gaggle
word: gobble
word: honk
word: low
word: meow
word: mew
word: moo
word: neigh
word: nicker
word: pip
word: purr
word: scree
word: trumpet
word: tweet
word: twitter
word: whicker
word: whinny
word: woof
word: yap
Derived terms: word: fore-utter
word: reutter
word: reutterance
word: unutterable
word: unuttered
word: utterable
word: utterance
word: utteranced
word: utterancy
word: utterer
word: uttering
word: utterless
Related terms: english: unwanted depressions, etc., on the surface of an object caused by a tool
translation: unwanted depressions, etc., on the surface of an object caused by a tool
word: utters
word: complain
word: write