Definition of mute

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Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.

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Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
Transmew :: Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..
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.
Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..
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..
Whist :: Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
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..
Vary :: Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
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