utterance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UT'TERANCE, noun 1. The act of uttering words; pronunciation; manner of speaking; as a good or bad utterance They began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance Acts 2:4. 2. Emission from the mouth; vocal expression; as the utterance of sounds. 3. Extremity; furthest part. [Not in use.]
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