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Webster 1913 Edition
Mutter
Mut′ter
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Muttered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muttering
.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L.
muttire
, mutire
.] 1.
To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.
Wizards that peep, and that
mutter
. Is. viii. 19.
Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,
And
And
mutter
to himself. Dryden.
2.
To sound with a low, rumbling noise.
Thick lightnings flash, the
muttering
thunder rolls. Pope.
Mut′ter
,Verb.
T.
To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice;
as, to
. mutter
threatsShak.
Mut′ter
,Noun.
Repressed or obscure utterance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mutter
MUT'TER
,Verb.
I.
1.
To utter words with a low voice and compressed lips, with sullenness or in complaint; to grumble; to murmur. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare,
And mutter to himself.
2.
To sound with a low rumbling noise. Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls.
MUT'TER
,Verb.
T.
Your lips have spoken lies,your tongue hath muttered perverseness. Is.59.
They in sleep will mutter their affairs.
MUT'TER
,Noun.