UTTERANCES

Noun

utterances

plural of utterance

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Ut"ter*ance, n. Etym: [F. outrance. See Outrance.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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