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