Definition of mute

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Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.

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Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Transmutable :: Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable..
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.
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..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..
Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
Liquid :: Liquid (n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids..
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.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Mute :: Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..
Commuter :: Commuter (n.) One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling..
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice..
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..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
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