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Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.] A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.

In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.

Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] Holland.

Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.

The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle.

The water used in cleansing. "Cast the ablutions in the main." Pope.

Pertaining to ablution.

Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.

The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.

sed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an absolute monarch.

In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

e from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.

One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.

Serving to absolve; absolving. "An absolutory sentence." Ayliffe.

minate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.