Definition of mute

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Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.

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Transmuter :: Transmuter (n.) One who transmutes.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges..
Intransmutable :: Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
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..
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..
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Transmutable :: Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable..
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
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..
Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
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