a. | 1. | |||||||
1. | Outer. | |||||||
2. | Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. | |||||||
3. | Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; | |||||||
4. | Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final;
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v. t. | 1. | |||||||
1. | To put forth or out; to reach out. | |||||||
2. | To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. | |||||||
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; | |||||||
4. | To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. |
Verb | 1. | utter - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
2. | utter - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" | |
3. | utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" | |
4. | utter - put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency" | |
Adj. | 1. | utter - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense" Synonyms: arrant, double-dyed, sodding, staring, perfect, pure, thoroughgoing, consummate, stark, everlasting, complete, gross |
2. | utter - total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness" Synonyms: dead |
TO UTTER, crim. law. To offer, to publish.
2. To utter and publish a counterfeit note is to assert and declare,
directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that the note offered is good.
It is not necessary that it should be passed in order to complete the
offence of uttering. 2. Binn. R. 338, 9. It seems that reading out a
document, although the party refuses to show it, is a sufficient uttering.
Jebb's Ir. Cr. Cas. 282. Vide East, P. C. 179; Leach, 251; 2 Stark. Ev. 378
1 Moody, C. C. 166; 2 East, P. C. 974 Russ. & Ry. 113; 1 Phil. Ev. Index,
h.t.; Roscoe's Cr. Ev. 301. The merely showing a false instrument with
intent to gain a credit when there was no intention or attempt made to pass
it, it seems would not amount to an uttering. Russ. & Ry. 200. Vide Ringing
the charge.