Definition of mute

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

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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..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
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..
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..
Intransmutable :: Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
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..
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
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.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Immute :: Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.
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..
Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.
Cornamute :: Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
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