| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ut·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   t  r |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ut·tered, ut·ter·ing, ut·ters
1. To send forth with the voice: uttered a cry. 2. To articulate (words); pronounce or speak. See synonyms at vent1. 3. Law To put (counterfeit money, for example) into circulation. 4. To publish (a book, for example). 5. Obsolete To sell or deliver (merchandise) in trading. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English utteren, partly from Middle Low German uteren (from uter, outer, comparative of  t, out; see ud- in Appendix I) and alteration (influenced by utter, outer) of Middle English outen, to disclose (from out, out; see out). | | OTHER FORMS: | utter·a·ble —ADJECTIVE
utter·er —NOUN
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