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utterest

utterest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of utter.

Meaning of utter

Verb

utter (third-person singular simple present utters, present participle uttering, simple past and past participle uttered)

  1. (transitive) Sometimes preceded by forth, out, etc.: to produce (a cry, speech, or other sounds) with the voice.
    • Don’t you utter another word!
  2. (transitive) To verbally express or report (a desire or emotion, an idea or thought, etc.).
    • Theeſe woords, vplifting both his hands, he to Iuppiter vttred.1582, Virgil, “The Fourth Booke of Virgil His Aeneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    declare, say, tell
  3. (reflexive, transitive) To express (oneself) in speech or writing.
    • [N]ovv and then nature is a fault, and this good gueſt of ours takes ſoyle in an unperfect body, and ſo is ſlackned from ſhevving her vvonders, like an excellent Muſician vvhich cannot utter himſelf upon a defective inſtrument.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Essay on Death, […]”, in The Remaines of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam […], London: […] B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, […], published 1648...
  4. (figuratively, transitive) Of a thing: to produce (a noise or sound); to emit.
    • Sally’s car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
    Synonyms:
    let out
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To disclose or reveal (something secret or unknown); to bring to light.
    • He that vttereth my counſayle ones I wyll neuer truſte hym whyle I lyue: […]1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan...
  6. (also, obsolete, reflexive, transitive) To disclose or reveal the identity or nature of (oneself or someone, or something).
    • [W]hẽ the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him⸝ they fell doune before him⸝ and cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God: And he ſtreyghtly charged thẽ that they ſhulde not vtter him.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark iij:[12], folio xlvij, recto

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Origin of utterest

From utter + -est.

Questions about utterest

What is utterest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Utterest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of utter.

Words near utterest in the dictionary

  1. uttered
  2. utteredst
  3. utterer
  4. utterers
  5. utteress
  6. utterest
  7. uttereth
  8. uttering
  9. utterings
  10. utterless
  11. utterly

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