utterance2+ (uterans)

[An expanded form, due to confusion with utter, uttermost, of * ut trance, uttraunce, earlier outrance: see outrance.] The last or utmost extremity; the bitter end; death. Come fate into the list, And champion me to the utterance ! Shak., Macbeth, iii. 1. 72. utterer (ut'er-ér), n. [ T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 30. who utters. Specifically- ( a ) One who disposes of, by IMG:content-1657.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1658.png:[blocks in formation] utterly (ut'er-li), adv. [ utterli, utterliche, utter like MLG. uterlik MHG. üzerlich, G. äu erlich ); Yet most ye knowe a thynge that is be hynd, Touchyng the quene, whiche is to yow vnkynd And utterly ontrew in euery thyng. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 120. Sendyth me utterly word, for I wolle not melle of it ellys Paston Letters , I. 155. thus avysed. May all the wrongs that you have done to me Be utterly forgotten in my death. Beau, and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, if. 1. uttermoret (ut'er-mor), a . [ -more .] Outer; further; utter. And cast yee out the vnprofitable seruaunt, and send yee hym in to utter more derkne is. Wyclif , Mat. xxv. 30. uttermost (ut'er-mōst), a . and n. [ termest , uttermaste, uttirmest , utter + double superl. suffix -m- est : see utter and -most , and cf. utmost.] I. a. superl . Extreme; being in the furthest, greatest, or highest degree; ut most. The vttiremeste ende of all the kynne. York Plays , p. 386. It [Rome] should be extended to the uttermost confines of the habitable world. Coryat , Crudities, I. 147. His accounts lie all ready, correct in black-on-white, to the uttermost farthing. Carlyle, French Rev., III. ii. 8. II. n. The extreme limit; the utmost; the highest, greatest, or furthest; the utmost power In the powers and faculties of our souls God requireth the uttermost which our unfeigned affection towards is able to yield. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 6. He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him. Heb. vii. 25.