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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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..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
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..
Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
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..
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..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
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..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
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..
Transmew :: Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
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..
Immute :: Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.
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