Definition of mute

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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..

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Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; 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..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..
Moot-hill :: Moot-hill (n.) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
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..
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
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..
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..
Immute :: Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
Vary :: Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
Mute-hill :: Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill.
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