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-hill :: Mute-hill (n.) See Moot-hill.
Commuter :: Commuter (n.) One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
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..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A keeping silent or mute.
Mutely :: Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.
Mutism :: Mutism (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
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..
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Mute :: Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
Alchemize :: Alchemize (v. t.) To change by alchemy; to transmute.
Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..
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..
Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
Whist :: Whist (a.) Not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet.
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..
Transmute :: Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform..
Cornamute :: Cornamute (n.) A cornemuse.
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