Both Uses of
utter
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- — My gentle Puck, come hither: thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.†
Scene 2.1 *
- And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlick, for we are to utter sweet breath; and I do not doubt but to hear them say it is a sweet comedy.†
Scene 4.2 *
Definitions:
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(utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)