utter

UT'TER, adjective 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, verb transitive 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 [This is obsolete, unless in the law style.] 4.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.