• UTTER

1. adj., Vid. ENTIRE, TOTAL.

2. v. dicere, proferre, etc. [Vid: SAY]: eloqui: enunciare (denote an act of the intellect, in conformity to which one utters a thought that was resting in the mind; but the eloquens regards therein both substance and form, wishing to express his thought in the most perfect manner; whereas the enuncians regards merely the substance, wishing only to communicate his thought; hence elocutio belongs to rhetoric, enunciatio to logic): proloqui (denotes a moral act, in conformity to which one resolves to give utterance to a secret thought; opposed to reticere, like profiteri): pronunciare (a physical act, by which one utters mechanically anything, whether thought of or written, and makes it heard, like recitare. Pronunciare, however, is a simple act of the organs of speech, and aims merely at being fully heard; recitare is an act of refined art, and aims by just modulation, according to the laws of declamation, to make a pleasing impression, Döderlein): emittere (to send forth; dictum, maledictum; vocem). Not to utter a word, nullum omnino verbum facere: not to be able to utter a word, loqui non posse: be sure not to utter a word about the marriage, verbum unum cave de nuptiis: pray don’t utter a word, verbum unum ne faxis cave: I will not utter a word more, verbum non amplius addam; nihil verbi addam.