utterance (1)

[Eng. utter, v.; -ance.] *1. The act of uttering, putting forth in public, or circulating. 2. Emi ion from the mouth; vocal expre ion; expre ion. "Or from the soul-an impulse to herself; I would give utterance in numerous verse." Words worth: Recluse. 3. Power of speaking; speech. "God has not bestowed on them the gift of utterance." -Dryden: Aurung -Zebe. (Ep. Dedic.) 4. That which is uttered or spoken; speech, words. "A uming a reference to himself and his stable to be 21, 1888. embodied in the veiled utterances of --."- Field, Jan. *ŭt-ter-ançe (2), *ut-traunce, s. [A corrupt. of Fr. outrance .] The last or utmost extremity; the end; death. (Only in the phrase at utterance , at uttraunce (=Fr. à outrance .) "When he sawe his maister almost at uttraunce he was sorie." - Berners: Froi art; Cronycle , vol. ii., chap. xxiv. ŭt-tër-er, subst. [Eng. utter, v.; -er.] One who utters; as (1) One who utters or puts into circulation; as, an utterer of base coin. (2) One who pronounces, speaks, discloses, publishes. "Utterers of secrets he from thence debarred." or termed i a.