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

Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..

Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..

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

Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.

Commutable :: Commutable (a.) Capable of being commuted or interchanged.

Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

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..

Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..

Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..

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..

Whist :: Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.

Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.

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..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan..

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..

Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..

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

Deaf-mutism :: Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.

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..

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