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.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Mutism :: Mutism (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
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..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Transmutable :: Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable..
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..
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..
Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..
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.) The dung of birds.
Immute :: Immute (v. t.) To change or alter.
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Commutable :: Commutable (a.) Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
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..
Intransmutable :: Intransmutable (a.) Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.
Semiimute :: Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
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