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Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.

aint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Utterance abroad; publicity; vent. You gave it air before me. Dryden.

Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

To express distinctly; to give utterance to. Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle.

With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.

The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

Utterance; communication or publicity by words. I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak.

Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. O lose of sight, of three I most complain! Milton.

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. Milton.

Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.]

Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak.

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.

A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme. O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser.

Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.

To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.