All 6 Uses of
utter
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- If this were so, so were it uttered.†
Scene 1.1uttered = said (or make a sound) with the voice
- Midnight, assist our moan; Help us to sigh and groan, Heavily, heavily: Graves, yawn and yield your dead, Till death be uttered, Heavily, heavily.†
Scene 5.3 *
- Stand thee close then under this penthouse, for it drizzles rain, and I will, like a true drunkard, utter all to thee.†
Scene 3.3 *
- If either of you know any inward impediment, why you should not be conjoined, I charge you, on your souls, to utter it.†
Scene 4.1
- they are not to be nam'd, my lord, Not to be spoke of; There is not chastity enough in language Without offence to utter them.†
Scene 4.1
- I have drunk poison whiles he utter'd it.†
Scene 5.1
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) Less commonly, and archaically, utter can mean to let out.