Utterance — Defs

01 n. The act of uttering.

1.
The act of uttering.
2.
Sale by offering to the public.[Obs.]
3.
Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
4.
Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
“At length gave utterance to these words.” — Milton.
5.
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.

02 n. The last extremity; the end; death; outrance.

1.
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.