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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Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Transmew :: Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
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..
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..
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..
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..
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..
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..
Whist :: Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
Semiimute :: Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.
Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
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