utter

adj. complete, total, absolute

v. say, voice; express, pronounce, articulate

Speech refers to a number of topics, usually dealing with interpersonal communication. Specifically, it may refer to:Speech (public address), a speech given by an orator to an audiencePublic speaking, the process or study of speaking in publicSpeech communication, the process of information exchange through spoken languageManner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulatedSpeech imitation, imitation of human speech by a trained talking animalAnimal language, sounds such as bird song that are sometimes described as "speech"Speech (rapper), a musician
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(a.)
To put forth or out; to reach out.
  

(a.)
To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
  

(a.)
To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
  

(a.)
Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
  

(a.)
Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
  

(a.)
Outer.
  

(a.)
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.
  

(a.)
Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
  

to exhibit or display a document to someone else; (a check)any attempt to cash a check or otherwise place it in circulation, and in so doing to state or imply, directly or indirectly, that the check and the endorsement is genuine

To offer, to publish.

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. It seems that reading out a document, although the party refuses to show it, is a sufficient uttering. 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.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Verb
1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
(synonym) express, verbalize, verbalise, give tongue to
(hyponym) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate
(derivation) utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
2. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
(synonym) emit, let out, let loose
(hyponym) call
(derivation) utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
3. express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
(synonym) talk, speak, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) read
(verb-group) verbalize, verbalise
(derivation) speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
4. put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"
(hypernym) circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
(derivation) utterer
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a)
(similar) unmitigated
2. total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness"
(synonym) dead(a), utter(a)
(similar) absolute