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utterance
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See Outrance.] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. --Holland. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, 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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