noun /ˈʌt.ə(ɹ).əns/
a) An act of uttering.
To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance: thats extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
b) Something spoken.
For I woll have ado wyth the to the uttraunce, for the noble knyghtes and ladyes that thou haste betrayde.
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