All 3 Uses of
utter
in
Romeo and Juliet
- ... All this uttered
With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd,p. 132.4uttered = said
- Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl, For here we need it not.
p. 176.7utter = say
- Such mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's law
Is death to any he that utters them.Scene 5.1 *utters = says
Definitions:
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(1)
(utter as in: utter stupidity) complete or total (used as an intensifier--typically when stressing how bad something is)
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(2)
(utter as in: utter a complaint) say something or make a sound with the voice
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.