Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route..
Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..