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.
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..
Moate :: Moate (v. i.) To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute..
Transmutable :: Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable..
Deaf-mutism :: Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
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..
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..
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Mutely :: Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.
Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
Vary :: Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Dumbly :: Dumbly (adv.) In silence; mutely.
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..
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..
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route..
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..
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..
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