Definition of mute

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Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak..

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Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Media :: Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Moate :: Moate (v. i.) To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute..
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 :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
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..
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-hill :: Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Intransmutable :: Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..
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