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He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the regal dignity upon him.
Sir T. More.
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A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general government.
O. Ellsworth.
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Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States.
D. Webster.
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☞ Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
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2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
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Usurpatory (?), a. [L. usurpatorius.] Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]
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Usurpature (?), n. Usurpation. [R.] “Beneath man's usurpature.” R. Browning.
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Usurper (?), n. One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
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A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
South.
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Usurpingly, adv. In a usurping manner.
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Usury (?), n. [OE. usurie, usure, F. usure, L. usura use, usury, interest, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See , v. t.]
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1. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.
Deut. xxiii. 19.
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Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Matt. xxv. 27.
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What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with usury of ��is own.
Dryden.
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2. The practice of taking interest. [Obs.]
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Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few ��nds.
Bacon.
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3. (Law) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
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☞ The practice of requiring in repayment of money lent anything more than the amount lent, was formerly thought to be a great moral wrong, and the greater, the more was taken. Now it is not deemed more wrong to take pay for the use of money than for the use of a house, or a horse, or any other property. But the lingering influence of the former opinion, together with the fact that the nature of money makes it easier for the lender to oppress the borrower, has caused nearly all Christian nations to fix by law the rate of compensation for the use of money. Of late years, however, the opinion that money should be borrowed and repaid, or bought and sold, upon whatever terms the parties should agree to, like any other property, has gained ground everywhere. Am. Cyc.
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Ut (?), n. (Min.) The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See .
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Utas (?), n. [OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves, pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See , n.] [Written also utis.]
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1. (O. Eng. Law) The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. Cowell.
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The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned.
Holinshed.
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2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] Shak.
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Utensil (?; 277), n. [F. utensile, ustensile, L. utensile, fr. utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See , v. t.] That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
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Wagons fraught with utensils of war.
Milton.
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Uterine (?; 277), a. [L. uterinus born of the same mother, from uterus womb: cf. F. utérin.]
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1. Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
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2. Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
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Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. Wilki��.
Wood.
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Uterogestation (?), n. [Uterus + gestation.] Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy. Pritchard.
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Uterovaginal (?), n. [Uterus + vaginal.] Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
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Uterus (?), n. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
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☞ The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in the higher forms the two become more or less completely united into one. In many male mammals there is a small vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called the male uterus, or [NL.] uterus masculinus.
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2. (Zoöl.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of in Append.
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Utes (?), n. pl.; sing. Ute. (Ethnol.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.
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Utia (?), n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
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Utica (?), a. [So called from Utica, in New York.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
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Utile (?), a. [L. utilis, fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile. See , v. t.] Profitable; useful. [Obs.]
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Utilitarian (?), a. [See .]
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1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; �iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
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2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
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Utilitarian (?), n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.
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The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred.
Chalmers.
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But what is a utilitarian? Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not?
Sir W. Hamilton.
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Utilitarianism (?), n. 1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. Bentham.
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2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. J. S. Mill.
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3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
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Utility (?), n. [OE. utilite, F. utilité, L. utilitas, fr. utilis useful. See .]
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1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines.
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The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless.
Macaulay.
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2. (Polit. Econ.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under , 2.
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Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other.
F. A. Walker.
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3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism. J. S. Mill.
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Syn. -- Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail; service. -- , . Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus, we speak of the utility of an invention, and the usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into comparison. Still, the words are often used interchangeably.
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Utilizable (?), a. Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
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Utilization (?), n. [Cf. F. utilization.] The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
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Utilize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing (?).] [Cf. F. utiliser.] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.
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In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons.
Hawthorne.
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Uti possidetis (?). [L., as you possess.]
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1. (Internat. Law) The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war. Brande & C.
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2. (Roman Law) A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor. Burrill.
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Utis (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Utlary (?), n. Outlawry. [Obs.] Camden.
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Utmost (?), a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. �temest, a superlative fr. �te out. ����. See , and cf. , , .]
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1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser.
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We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
Evelyn.
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Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
Herbert.
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2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
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He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril.
Shak.
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Six or seven thousand is their utmost power.
Shak.
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Utmost, n. The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
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We have tried the utmost of our friends.
Shak.
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Utopia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + � a place.]
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1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See , in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
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2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
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Utopian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
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Utopian, n. An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist. Hooker.
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Utopianism (?), n. The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
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Utopianist, n. An Utopian; an optimist.
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Utopical (?), a. Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] “Utopical perfection.” Bp. Hall.
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Utopist (?), n. A Utopian.
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Utraquist (?), n. [L. uterque, fem. utraque, both.] One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.
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Utricle (?), n. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide: cf. F. utricule.]
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1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
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2. (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
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3. (Bot.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot. Gray.
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4. (Anat.) A utriculus.
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Utricular (?), a. [Cf. F. utriculaire.]
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1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.
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2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
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Utricularia (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See ,
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Utriculate (?), a. Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. Dana.
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Utriculoid (?), a. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle + -oid.] Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. Dana.
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Utriculus (?), n. [L., a little womb or matrix, a calycle.] (Anat.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under .
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Utro- (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.
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Utter (?), a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See , and cf. , .]
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1. Outer. “Thine utter eyen.” Chaucer. [Obs.] “By him a shirt and utter mantle laid.” Chapman.
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As doth an hidden moth
The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch.
Spenser.
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2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.]
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Through utter and through middle darkness borne.
Milton.
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The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich.
Holinshed.
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3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
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They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind.
Atterbury.
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4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon.
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Coloq. Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st . [Eng.] -- Coloq. Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] Cowell.
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Utter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. ūtian to put out, eject, fr. ūt out. √198. See , and cf. , a.]
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1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]
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How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud,
And utter his tender head.
Spenser.
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2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]
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Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law
Is death to any he that utters them.
Shak.
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They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish.
Abp. Abbot.
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3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.
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The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin.
Swift.
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4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. “Sweet as from blest, uttering joy.” Milton.
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The words I utter
Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth.
Shak.
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And the last words he uttered called me cruel.
Addison.
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Syn. -- To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See .
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Utterable (?), a. Capable of being uttered.
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Utterance (?), n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: --
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(a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] Bacon.
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(b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
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(c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
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At length gave utterance to these words.
Milton.
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2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
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They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts ii. 4.
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O, how unlike
To that large utterance of the early gods!
Keats.
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Utterance, n. [F. outrance. See .] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]
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Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance.
Holland.
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Utterer (?), n. One who utters. Spenser.
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Utterest, obs. superl. of . Uttermost.
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To the utterest proof of her courage.
Chaucer.
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Utterless, a. Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]
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A clamoring debate of utterless things.
Milton.
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Utterly, adv. In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
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Uttermore (?), a. [Cf. .] Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] Holland.
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Uttermost (?), a. [From , a.; cf. , and .] Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. “In this uttermost distress.” Milton.
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