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..

Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.

Commuter :: Commuter (n.) One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling..

Cornamute :: Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.

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..

Immute :: Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.

Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.

Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.

Mute :: Mute (n.) The dung of birds.

Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.

Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.

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..

Mute-hill :: Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill.

Mutely :: Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.

Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.

Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.

Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.

Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.

Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.

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